The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place on June 3 at 4:05 pm at the Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru. The Governor’s invitation came after Shivakumar submitted a letter earlier in the day staking claim to form the government following his election as the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party.

The TMC has alleged that party leader Abhishek Banerjee was “attacked by a few BJP supporters” when he had gone to meet the family of “a person murdered by BJP.”

Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the ruling BJP of allegedly threatening hospitals not to admit TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee after he was allegedly attacked. Speaking with the media after visiting Banerjee in the hospital, the TMC supremo alleged that “those in power” do not want him to receive medical treatment.