Karnataka BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday said he will be sworn in as chief minister by governor Vajubhai Vala at 6 pm.

'I have requested the governor to administer me oath between 6-6.15 pm as the chief minister. The governor has agreed and given me a letter,' Yeddyurappa told reporters after meeting Vala at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore.

The Karnataka BJP's Twitter handle said that Yeddyurappa had met the governor on the instructions of central leaders Amit Shah ad J.P. Nadda.

About ministries, Yeddyurappa said, 'who all are to be inducted (in the ministry), I will discuss with our national president and inform.'

He said tht as he was the Leader of the Opposition, there was need to call Legislature party meeting, to elect the leader.

The former Karnataka chief minister said he would invite outgoing chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah to the swearing-in ceremony. 'I will also try to contact Kumaraswamy and Siddaramaiah over phone, to invite them personally,' he added.

Yeddyurappa for the last couple of days had been waiting for 'instructions' from the party high command to stake claim to form the government after the Congress-JDS coalition government had collapsed after the floor test on Tuesday.

A group of Karnataka BJP leaders, including Jagdish Shettar, Arvind Limbavali, J C Madhuswamy, Basavaraj Bommai and Yeddyurappa's son Vijayendra had on Thursday met party chief Amit Shah in New Delhi and reportedly discussed government formation.

Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Thursday had disqualified three rebel Congress MLAs under the anti-defection law.

The 14-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government headed by Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the Assembly in a climax to the three-week long intense power struggle.