Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy met Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi today. They will discuss power-sharing arrangement in Karnataka.

Kumaraswamy also met Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati before holding parleys with the Congress leaders.

The JD-S fought the May 12 assembly election in alliance with the BSP, and joined hands with the Congress after the verdict throws up a hung assembly on May 15.

Kumaraswamy also met Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury and invited him to attend his swearing-in ceremony.

During his meeting with Congress leaders, Kumaraswamay is likely to finalise the number of ministerial berths a party would get and who would become the deputy chief minister.

The JD-S leader has already indicated that there won't be a rotational arrangement with Congress for the post of the chief minister.

According to sources, there is a proposal to have two deputy chief ministers to strike a balance between the two parties.

Congress's G Parameshwara is frontrunner for the deputy chief minister's post.

Kumaraswamy is scheduled to take oath as chief minister on May 23 and the floor test is expected to happen within 24 hours.  -- PTI, ANI

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