HD Kumaraswamy says to run Congress-JD(S) coalition govt is big challenge for him

Chief Minister- designate H D Kumaraswamy acknowledged today that running the Congress-JD(S) coalition government over the next five years will be a "big challenge" for him.

"This is a big challenge in my life. I'm not expecting that I will be able to fulfil my responsibilities as CM easily," Kumaraswamy, who will be sworn in as chief minister Wednesday, said. Kumaraswamy, who was in Sringeri, the place where Adi Shankaracharya, exponent of the Advaita

Vedanta philosophy, established his first matha, said he believed that things would go smoothly with the grace of Goddess Shardambe and the Jagadguru. "People also have doubts, not only me, people in the state also have doubt whether this government will function smoothly. But I have belief that with the grace of Sharadambe and Sringeri jagadguru (Shankaracharya) everything will go smoothly," he said.

Continuing with his temple visit, Kumaraswamy visited Sringeri Sharada temple and Dakshinamnaya Peetham established up by Adi Shankaracharya. He also paid obeisance at the famous Manjunathaswamy temple at Dharmasthala.