B. S. Yeddyurappa resigned as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in the State Assembly before the floor test, in which the party was supposed to gain a majority to stake its claim to form the largest single-party government on Saturday.

Earlier, before the floor test in the Assembly, an emotional Yeddyurappa said that the people of Karnataka had given BJP the mandate to form the government and condemn the "backdoor" politics by Congress- JD(S).

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He added that he will stand by the farmers and dalits till his last breath and work for crop loan waiver of up to 1 lakh in public sector bank, co-operative bank and 1.5 lakh crore towards irrigation and other welfare schemes.

The Supreme Court on Friday had ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

K.G. Bopaiah, continued as the pro-tem speaker during the proceedings and was present for the floor test which was broadcast live as per the Supreme Court's orders.

Yeddyurappa held final round of talks earlier today with senior BJP officials, Prakash Javadekar and Murlidhar Rao.

Yeddyurappa, 75, took the oath in Kannada in the presence of party's central and state leaders and its newly-elected legislators and senior officials.

The newly appointed Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) took their oath after the Karnataka Assembly session began on Saturday.

Bharatiya Janata Party had won 104 seats in the Assembly elections held in 222 segments, falling short of eight seats of the 112 halfway mark. BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was on Thursday sworn in as the Chief Minister.

The Congress won 78 seats and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) won 37 wherein the Congress later said it would support a JD-S led government after the May 12 elections threw up a hung assembly.

First Published:May 19, 2018 4:10 PM IST