Karnataka government formation: There is a proposal to have two deputy chief ministers to strike a balance between the two parties, the JD-S is unwilling. Congress's G Parameshwara is frontrunner for the deputy chief minister's post.


Both Congress and JD(S) MLAs will remain confined to their hotels till the floor test.


A small group of MLAs will be sworn in as ministers along with Kumaraswamy on Wednesday, the sources said. Many regional party leaders including Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal are likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony.


Kumaraswamy was invited to form the government after B S Yeddyurappa of the BJP on May 19 stepped down as the chief minister without facing the floor test in the state assembly as the BJP fell short of numbers.