HD Kumaraswamy Sworn In As Karnataka Chief Minister

Janata Dal Secular's HD Kumaraswamy was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, at a mega-gathering, attended by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia and strong regional leaders like Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and Arvind Kejriwal. The Congress-JDS combine had planned the event in a way that would serve as a giant display of opposition unity against BJP.

JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy takes oath as the chief minister of Karanataka
Congress' Sonia Gandhi shares a quick hug with Dalit powerhouse from Uttar Pradesh Mayawati
One-time rivals in Uttar Pradesh, BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav share the stage at Vidha Soudha

Vidhan Soudha during the swearing in of HD Kumaraswamy
Sonia Gandhi And Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi share the stage with Mayawati
Chandrababu Naidu, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banierjee among other opposition leaders wave at the gathering

JDS chief HD Deve Gowda hugs former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav
The decorated Vidhan Soudha that saw the "historic" oath ceremony today
Siddaramaiah and Kumaraswamy photographed together at the oath ceremony in Bengaluru

Congress' G Parameshwara took oath as the deputy chief minister of Karnataka
An aerial view of the Vidhana Souda during HD Kumaraswamy's oath taking ceremony
From Left, Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi, N Chandrababu Naidu and HD Kumaraswamy at his oath taking ceremony in Bengaluru
Newly Sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy with Congress leader D K Shivakumar during the swearing-in ceremony of JD(S)-Congress government