Newly-elected Karnataka MLAs take oath at Vidhana Souda

Bengaluru: The newly-elected Karnataka MLAs, who won the recent by-polls on Sunday took oath at the Vidhan Soudha. Karnataka Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde administer the oath. The by-polls to 15 constituencies were held on 5 December, after sitting MLAs resigned in July, triggering the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. The results were announced on 9 December, in which BJP won 12 out of the 15 seats. Congress was able to win in two, Janata Dal Secular (JDS) drew a blank while a BJP rebel won as an Independent candidate. Source: Udayavani