It’s official. Telangana CM KCR, who also offered help to shelter JD(S) MLAs in Hyderabad to avoid the poaching by BJP, is not going to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his friend and Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy. While Telangana CMO confirmed that KCR wouldn’t attend the oath taking ceremony of Kumaraswamy citing his “important engagements” as the reason for missing the event, speculations are rife that KCR is skipping the do in order to avoid Congress leaders with whom he is fighting with in Telangana.

KCR doesn’t want to share the dais with his arch rivals from Congress and hence decided to skip the swearing-in event, said a source close to the development. However, KCR will go to Bengaluru on today evening and will personally meet and greet the new CM Kumaraswamy and his father HD Deve Gowda ahead of the swearing-in. After meeting the father-son duo, KCR would return to Hyderabad by tonight.

JD(S)-Congress combine would form the government and would go for the Confidence of Motion on Thursday (May 24).

Meanwhile, the heavyweights such as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, former CMs of UP Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, RJD leader and ex Deputy CM of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav, actor Kamal Haasan, DMK leader MK Stalin would be gracing the do. It is buzzed that a united Opposition would be formed to take on Narendra Modi in 2019 polls.