Patra also claimed that various opposition parties were not accepting Congress president Rahul Gandhi as the leader of an anti-BJP coalition.
Kumaraswamy reportedly told Congress leaders that it has been the convention in coalition government in Karnataka to allow the junior partner to keep the finance portfolio.
He also said that the expansion of his Cabinet would take place once the state Congress leaders get an approval from their high command.
The Kumaraswamy government won the confidence motion with a voice note in the new Assembly after opposition BJP members led by former CM BS Yeddyurappa walked out of the House minutes ahead of the floor test.
The 58-year-old Kumaraswamy, who was sworn in at a grand assembly of leaders of non-BJP parties yesterday, looks sitting pretty given the strength of the JD(S)-Congress-BSP coalition in the House.
While a few reports and discussion on social media have claimed that the saffron party has fallen short of the magic number by one seat, the data on the official website of the Lok Sabha contradicts these claims.
Cloistered at a luxurious resort and hotel for the last nine days since political turmoil hit the state, the lawmakers are cooling their heels away from their families and eagerly waiting for their ordeal to end.
Congress leader G Parameshwara will take oath as Karnataka deputy chief minister, while the floor test will be conducted on May 24.
Yeddyurappa, who took oath as Karnataka CM on May 17, was left with no other option than to resign as the BJP could not muster the requisite majority in the Assembly.
Before stepping down as the chief minister, Yeddyurappa delivered an emotional 15-page speech in the Karnataka Assembly, focused on Lingayats and farmers of the state.
Objecting to Bopaiah's appointment as pro-tem speaker, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, "What the BJP has done is against the rule book. Ideally the senior most leader is supposed to hold that position."
Twelve years down the line, Siddaramaiah, the 69- year-old leader from the backward Kuruba community, today offered Karnataka’s chief ministership to his political foe Kumaraswamy whose party finished a poor third with barely 37 seats in its kitty.
Seeking to throw a spanner in the BJP's works as the party appeared tantalisingly close to the magic figure of 112, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced Congress's support to the JD(S).
Calling it “back-door” politics on part of the Congress, Yeddyurappa pointed out that the people of the state have voted for a “Congress-mukta Karnataka”.
While BJP lost the battle it initially won, Congress at the last moment sought the defensive mode as it shook hands with the Janata Dal (Secular), to form the government.
Karnataka Election Results 2018 LIVE Updates: The early trends showed that Congress and BJP in a neck-and-neck fight, while JD(S) kept a distant third position, but soon the picture changed as BJP shot miles ahead of Congress, while JDS indicated a performance far better than expected by any exit poll or political pundits.
Karnataka Final Results 2018 LIVE: When, where and how to get latest updates; official numbers at eciresults.nic.in
A single-phase polling was held in 222 constituencies out of the 224 elected seats in the Assembly, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted that the Congress would retain power in the southern state and said this was his last election."
The voting for Karnataka assembly elections ended at 6 PM on Saturday, after which various exit polls made predictions on the likely poll outcome ahead of the counting of votes on May 15.
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