Karnataka Assembly Floor Test: Assembly Adjourned, Vote Shifted To July 22
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Assembly Adjourned
BS Yeddyurappa Wants Trust Vote Today
Kumaraswamy Moves Supreme Court
Congress leader Siddaramaiah said that the trust vote debate is likely to continue to Monday.
Karnataka Trust Vote: Kumaraswamy Asks Speaker To Decide If Governor Can Set A Deadline
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy asked the Speaker that he has to decide whether the Governor can set a deadline for him (1:30 p.m. today) to prove a majority, citing a Supreme Court verdict that the Governor cannot act as ombudsman of Legislature.
Source: PTI
However, the speaker then said that the matter will have to be decided by the chief minister since the letter was addressed to him.
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar Denies Delaying Trust Vote
The Speaker dismissed suggestions that he was trying to delay the vote on the confidence motion.
"I don't have to be partisan," Kumar said, expressing anguish over suggestions that he was trying to delay the trust vote.
He said there was discussion and "indirect comments" made that he was delaying the process (vote of confidence).
After making his remarks, the Speaker asked the chief minister to speak on the debate on the trust vote, saying, "I am clear... no scope for any other discussion (except the trust vote)."
Source: PTI
Congress Rebel MLA Shrimant Patil Wrote To Karnataka Governor
Karnataka Trust Vote: HD Kumaraswamy Accuses BJP Of Bribing Congress MLAs
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of resorting to ways to circumvent the anti-defection law.
Legislators were offered Rs 40-50 crore to lure them, he accused, questioning the source of the money. He further questioned the BJP as to why it is in a hurry to end the trust vote debate in one day if it was sure of its numbers.
Janata Dal (Secular) MLA Srinivas Gowda also alleged he was offered Rs 5 crore bribe by the BJP to defect to bring down government.
Source: PTI
Karnataka Trust Vote Debate Resumes, HD Kumaraswamy Speaks
Right from the time JD(S)-Congress government came to power, an "atmosphere" was created to remove it, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said today, addressing the assembly during the trust vote debate.
He asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to engage in debate with him saying they can still form the government. "Let's have discussion. You can still form government. Nothing urgent. You can do it on Monday or Tuesday also. I am not going to misuse power," Kumaraswamy told BJP.
- After 14 months, "we have come to the final stage," says Kumaraswamy during the debate on trust vote in the Assembly.
- "I have not tried to misuse power," says Kumaraswamy on the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka.
Source: PTI
Karnataka Trust Vote: BJP MLAs Hold Overnight Dharna At Vidhana Soudha
“They (BJP MLAs) were on an over night dharna at Vidhana Soudha,” said Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.
“It's our duty to arrange food&other things for them.Some of them have diabetes&BP, that's why we arranged everything here.Beyond politics we're friends,it's the beauty of democracy,” he added.
Karnataka Trust Vote: Governor Asks HD Kumaraswamy To Prove Majority By 1:30 P.M.
Shortly after the assembly rocked by bedlam was adjourned, Governor Vajubhai Vala shot off a letter to Kumaraswamy, saying resignation of 15 ruling combine MLAs and withdrawal of support by two independents "prima facie" indicated he has lost the confidence of the House.
The Governor directed the chief minister to prove majority by 1:30 p.m., after his message to the Speaker to conclude the trust vote process by the end of Thursday was not heeded to and the House was adjourned after barely focusing on the debate on the motion through the day.
"I request you to prove your majority on the floor of the House on or before 1:30 PM tomorrow (Friday)," Vala said in his letter to Kumaraswamy.
Congress MP nasir Hussain today said the party may approach the Supreme Court regarding the matter. “Governor cannot interfere in the matter of Speaker, he has no right to do it,” he told ANI.
Karnataka Crisis: Debate On Floor Test Aginst CM HD Kumarawsamy Continues Today
Debate on a floor test against Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy resumed in the state Assembly, marking the second day of the high drama political upheaving that may or may not result in the collapse of the rebellion-stricken Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government.
The drama unfolded right from the start as, facing truncated strength caused by the resignation of 16 ruling coalition MLAs, Kumaraswamy moved a one-line motion, saying the House expressed confidence in the 14-month old government headed by him.
Twenty lawmakers did not turn up on Thursday, including 17 from the ruling coalition, 12 of whom are corralled in a hotel in Mumbai, as the House debated in a surcharged atmosphere.
This is the third motion on trust vote in the assembly after the 2018 assembly polls yielded a fractured mandate with the BJP emerging as the single largest party with 104 seats but failing to mobilise numbers.