Karnataka oath-taking ceremony LIVE: All 5 'guarantees' given 'in principle' approval, says CM Siddharamaiah

Newly elected CM of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, who along with his deputy Shivakumar rushed to the state legislative assembly right after taking oath, announced that his cabinet has granted 'in principle' approval to the five Congress' guarantees in first Cabinet meeting

Karnataka's newly elected Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday reached the Vidhan Soudha or state legislative assembly, within hours of taking the oath and said that all the five ‘guarantees’ promised by Congress in the pre-poll campaigns will be implemented ‘today itself’. 

“Five 'guarantees' will be passed in Cabinet meeting & order will be issued to implement them today itself,” the CM said. 

“We will give administration people expect from us,” Siddaramaiah said after being sworn in as Karnataka chief minister

Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah, and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar reached the Vidhan Soudha, after their swearing-in ceremony. Shivakumar was seen touching the steps of Vidhan Soudha with his forehead before enetring the state assembly building. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a statement after the swearing-in ceremony in Bengaluru, said, “Nafrat ko mitaya, Mohabbat jeeti," translated as “Hatred has been eradicated, Love has triumphed."

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Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai wished Congress leader Siddaramaiah and cabinet ministers on assuming office. In Kannada, Bommai wrote, "Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Siddaramaiah and his cabinet members on assuming office as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka State".

'The first cabinet meeting of the new government will take place in one to two hours. In that meeting, all the five 'guarantees' will become a law,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said. Congress five guarantees include:

• 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti)
• ₹2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi)
• 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya)
• ₹1,500 for unemployed diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (YuvaNidhi)
• Free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti)
• ₹3,000 every month for unemployed graduate youth

We made 5 promises to you. I had said we don't make false promises. We do what we say. In 1-2 hours, the first cabinet meeting of the Karnataka govt will happen and in that meeting these 5 promises will become law: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

We made 5 promises to you. I had said we don't make false promises. We do what we say. In 1-2 hours, the first cabinet meeting of the Karnataka govt will happen and in that meeting these 5 promises will become law: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

"We will give you a clean, non-corrupt government," says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Karnataka Government.

"Nafrat ko mitaya, Mohabbat jeeti," says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Karnataka Government.

After Congress's victory, many things were written as to how Congress won this election, different analyses were done but I want to say that Congress won because we stood with the poor, Dalits, and Adivasis, backwards. We had truth, poor people. BJP had money, police and everything but the people of Karnataka defeated all their powers: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Nameplate of Siddaramaiah was put up outside the CM's office in Vidhan Soudha after he took oath as the CM of Karnataka.

Top brass of the Congress party including the Gandhi family members - Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge were present on the occasion.

Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan take oath as ministers in the newly-elected Karnataka Government.

G Parmeshwara was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Karnataka government today. 

Senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar sworn in as Karnataka's deputy CM. 

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah takes oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in Bengaluru.

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The oath-taking ceremony will begin at 12.30 pm today. 

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan attends the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Karnataka Government at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

Karnataka Deputy-CM designate DK Shivakumar welcomes Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Bengaluru.

They are here to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected Karnataka Government.

The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 12.30 pm today. 

All news channels and Congress' social media handles will do live broadcasting of the Karnataka oath-taking ceremony today. 

Several prominent opposition leaders and Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister and D K Shivakumar as the Deputy Chief Minister here on Saturday as the grand old party seeks to promote opposition unity ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections.

Congress bagged 135 seats in the May 10 elections to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly ousting the BJP, which got 66 seats while the Janata Dal (Secular) secured 19 seats in the results declared on May 13.

A supporter of Karnataka Deputy CM-designate DK Shivakumar sports a tattoo with the leader's face and name on his chest; also carries a photo depicting the leader as well as other leaders of the Congress party.

Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of Samajwadi Party (SP), has announced that he will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka's chief minister-elect Siddaramaiah, according to a party spokesperson.

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Supporters of Karnataka Deputy-CM designate DK Shivakumar and Police personnel stand outside his residence in Bengaluru. The swearing-in ceremony will be held today.

Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony in Karnataka, posters with the Gandhi family, Chief Minister-designate Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM-designate DK Shivakumar were put up in Bengaluru.

The posters of former Congress presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, current party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, party's national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other leaders were also seen.

Congress has approved the list of cabinet ministers in the Karnataka government. The list of ministers who are set to become part of the Karnataka's cabinet include- Dr G Parameshwara, KH Muniyapa, KJ George, MB Patil, Satish Jarkiholi, Priyank Kharge, Ramalinga Reddy and BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan.

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1. Dr. G Parameshwara
2. KH Muniyappa 
3. KJ George
4. MB Patil
5. Satish Jarkiholi
6. Priyank Kharge
7. Ramalinga Reddy
8. BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan

Siddaramaiah will be sworn in as Chief Minister for the second term, along with state Congress President D K Shivakumar as Deputy Chief Minister on Saturday afternoon, exactly a week after the party swept the Assembly polls in Karnataka.