Bengaluru: The opposition BJP has decided to disrupt the Karnataka Assembly session if Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy does not move the trust vote to prove his fledgling coalition government has a majority, a party official said on Monday.
"Since Kumaraswamy boasted on July 12 that he would seek trust vote to prove that he still has majority, we will request the Speaker (K.R. Ramesh Kumar) to list it in the business as the only or main subject at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting later in the day," said G. Madhusudana, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman.
The Speaker is scheduled to convene the BAC meeting before the session resumes in the afternoon.
"As no business can be conducted in the House by a government that has been reduced to a minority in the Assembly after 16 rebel legislators have resigned and 2 Independents withdrew support to it, we are compelled to disrupt the proceedings if the trust vote is not taken up," asserted Madhusudana.
Of the 16 rebels, 13 belong to the Congress and three to the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).
With nine Congress and three JD-S rebels staying at a five-star hotel in Mumbai along with the two Independents, the ruling allies will not have the numbers required to win the trust vote if moved and put to vote in the 225-member Assembly, including one nominated but has no voting right.
Of the remaining five Congress lawmakers - as R. Ramalinga Reddy and R. Roshan Baig are in the city, it remains to be seen if they turn up for the session after the party leaders persuaded them to withdraw their resignations and attend the session.
If all the 18 legislators, including 16 rebels and two Independents do not attend the session, the effective strength of the House for voting will be 205, including 105 of the BJP and excluding the Speaker and the nominated member.
"As the new halfway mark will be 103 for a simple majority, the ruling combine with 100, including one from the supporting party BS will fall three short off it (halfway mark) to win the trust vote and certain to be defeated," said the official.
With the Supreme Court directing the Speaker to maintain status quo on the petitions of the rebel legislators till Tuesday, the latter will not be able to disqualify them even if they defy the whip issued by their respective party.
Karnataka BJP to disrupt Assembly if no trust vote
Karnataka BJP has decided to disrupt the Karnataka Assembly session by requesting the speaker of the assembly to list it in the business as the only or main subject at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting
Bengaluru: The opposition BJP has decided to disrupt the Karnataka Assembly session if Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy does not move the trust vote to prove his fledgling coalition government has a majority, a party official said on Monday.
"Since Kumaraswamy boasted on July 12 that he would seek trust vote to prove that he still has majority, we will request the Speaker (K.R. Ramesh Kumar) to list it in the business as the only or main subject at the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting later in the day," said G. Madhusudana, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman.
The Speaker is scheduled to convene the BAC meeting before the session resumes in the afternoon.
"As no business can be conducted in the House by a government that has been reduced to a minority in the Assembly after 16 rebel legislators have resigned and 2 Independents withdrew support to it, we are compelled to disrupt the proceedings if the trust vote is not taken up," asserted Madhusudana.
Of the 16 rebels, 13 belong to the Congress and three to the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).
With nine Congress and three JD-S rebels staying at a five-star hotel in Mumbai along with the two Independents, the ruling allies will not have the numbers required to win the trust vote if moved and put to vote in the 225-member Assembly, including one nominated but has no voting right.
Of the remaining five Congress lawmakers - as R. Ramalinga Reddy and R. Roshan Baig are in the city, it remains to be seen if they turn up for the session after the party leaders persuaded them to withdraw their resignations and attend the session.
If all the 18 legislators, including 16 rebels and two Independents do not attend the session, the effective strength of the House for voting will be 205, including 105 of the BJP and excluding the Speaker and the nominated member.
"As the new halfway mark will be 103 for a simple majority, the ruling combine with 100, including one from the supporting party BS will fall three short off it (halfway mark) to win the trust vote and certain to be defeated," said the official.
With the Supreme Court directing the Speaker to maintain status quo on the petitions of the rebel legislators till Tuesday, the latter will not be able to disqualify them even if they defy the whip issued by their respective party.
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K'taka MLAs write to Mumbai Police, say don't want to meet Cong leaders
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) The rebel Karnataka MLAs staying at a Mumbai hotel have written to the city police chief, saying they don't want to meet Mallikarjun Kharge or any other Congress leader.
There have been speculations that Kharge, some other senior Congress leaders and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy may visit Hotel Renaissance in Powai where the rebel legislators are put up.
In the letter to Mumbai police chief, the rebel MLAs said they have "absolutely no intention of meeting Mallikarjun Kharge or Ghulam Nabi Azad or any other Congress dignitary".
The MLAs in the letter said they feel threatened, and requested the police to stop any Congress leader from meeting them.
Fifteen rebel MLAs from Karnataka, including those of the Congress, JD(S) and Independents, are staying at the hotel here.
Leaders of the crisis-hit ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka on Sunday held hectic parleys to discuss the future course of action to save the government.
The embattled leaders continued with efforts to woo back some legislators who have resigned, ahead of Kumaraswamy's trust vote expected this week.
However, the rebel legislators, who are camping in Mumbai, made it clear that they were united and "firm" on their resignations.
The Kumaraswamy-led government in Karnataka is on the brink of collapse with 16 MLAs -- 13 of the Congress and three of the JD(S), resigning from their Assembly memberships.
Two Independent MLAs have also withdrawn support to the state government and are supporting the opposition BJP.
The ruling coalition's strength in the House is 116 (Congress 78, JD(S) 37 and BSP one), besides the Speaker.
With the support of two Independents, the opposition BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224-member House.
If the resignations of the 16 MLAs are accepted, the ruling coalition's tally will be reduced to 100. The Speaker has a vote too. PTI ND VT GK
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