HDK loses trust vote: Who said what?

HD Kumaraswamy government lost the trust vote on Tuesday. The confidence motion moved by the chief minister Kumaraswamy got 99 votes as against 105 of the opposition.

Bengaluru: The Congress-JD(S) coalition government was defeated on the floor of the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday night.

The confidence motion moved by the chief minister Kumaraswamy got 99 votes as against 105 of the opposition.

Here's what prominent persons had to say about Congress-JD(S) government defeat:

• Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to describe the event as mourning the defeat of democracy.

  • From its first day, the Cong-JDS alliance in Karnataka was a target for vested interests, both within & outside, who saw the alliance as a threat & an obstacle in their path to power.
    
    Their greed won today.
    
    Democracy, honesty & the people of Karnataka lost.

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 23, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

    From its first day, the Cong-JDS alliance in Karnataka was a target for vested interests, both within & outside, who saw the alliance as a threat & an obstacle in their path to power.
    
    Their greed won today.
    
    Democracy, honesty & the people of Karnataka lost.

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 23, 2019

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    From its first day, the Cong-JDS alliance in Karnataka was a target for vested interests, both within & outside, who saw the alliance as a threat & an obstacle in their path to power.
    
    Their greed won today.
    
    Democracy, honesty & the people of Karnataka lost.

    — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 23, 2019

• Buoyed by BJP's victory in the confidence motion in Karnataka assembly, Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said that the misrule of Congress-JD(S) coalition has come to an end and the people of the state are very happy.

• PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said that the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government losing the confidence vote in Karnataka assembly "a black day for democracy".

  • After all the paid for lavish trips to influence Karnataka lawmakers in Mumbai, what can one make of the HD Kumaraswamy led Cong-JD(S) govt collapse? It’s a black day for democracy when a country that prides in being the worlds largest democracy watches an elected govt crumble.

    — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 23, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

    After all the paid for lavish trips to influence Karnataka lawmakers in Mumbai, what can one make of the HD Kumaraswamy led Cong-JD(S) govt collapse? It’s a black day for democracy when a country that prides in being the worlds largest democracy watches an elected govt crumble.

    — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 23, 2019

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    After all the paid for lavish trips to influence Karnataka lawmakers in Mumbai, what can one make of the HD Kumaraswamy led Cong-JD(S) govt collapse? It’s a black day for democracy when a country that prides in being the worlds largest democracy watches an elected govt crumble.

    — Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 23, 2019

• Madhya Pradesh Minister and Congress leader Jitu Patwari: "BJP has done everything to cause problems to us but this is Kamal Nath's government, not Kumaraswamy's, they will have to take seven births to do horse-trading in this government."

• BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan: "We'll not cause the fall of govt here (Madhya Pradesh). Congress leaders themselves have been responsible for the fall of their government. There is an internal conflict in Congress and support of BSP-SP, if something happens to that then we can't do anything."
• Congress leader KC Venugopal said, "The coalition government in Karnataka was brought down by the nefarious joint efforts of the Central Government, Governor, State Government of Maharashtra and Central BJP leadership. Congress party will hold nation wide protests against the immoral, blatant and brazen political destabilization carried out by the Bharatiya Janata Party."
  

  Congress leader KC Venugopal
• Congress leader G Parameshwara slams BJP over 'Operation Kamala'. He wrote, "We have seen over the last few years how BJP has bought hordes of MLAs from other parties and toppled governments. It will never stop if we don't tackle its excesses constitutionally. Everything constitutional, unlike BJP's OperationKamala, has to follow due process and takes time!

  • What else could we expect from @BJP4Karnataka that made a mockery of how a government should run, when they were given a golden opportunity from 2008-13?
    
    Even after a decade, they have only gotten more brazen in their zest to grab power undemocratically.

    — Dr. G Parameshwara (@DrParameshwara) July 23, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

    What else could we expect from @BJP4Karnataka that made a mockery of how a government should run, when they were given a golden opportunity from 2008-13?
    
    Even after a decade, they have only gotten more brazen in their zest to grab power undemocratically.

    — Dr. G Parameshwara (@DrParameshwara) July 23, 2019

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    What else could we expect from @BJP4Karnataka that made a mockery of how a government should run, when they were given a golden opportunity from 2008-13?
    
    Even after a decade, they have only gotten more brazen in their zest to grab power undemocratically.

    — Dr. G Parameshwara (@DrParameshwara) July 23, 2019

• Commenting on Rebel MLAs, Congress leader Siddaramaiah said: "15-16 of our MLAs violated the whip by abstaining from the House during the trust vote, thereby, it is a clear violation of Schedule 10 (of the Constitution) and attracts disqualification."
• Congress leader HK Patil said, "Congress-JD(S) failed trust vote. This defeat is because of the betrayal of our party legislators, we have come under the influence of various things. I am people of Karnataka will not tolerate this type of betrayal to the Party."
• Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said: "One day the BJP will discover that everything cannot be bought, everyone cannot be bullied and every lie is eventually exposed. Until then I suppose,the citizens of our country will have to endure their unbridled corruption, the systematic dismantling of institutions that protect the people’s interests and the weakening of a democracy that took decades of toil & sacrifice to build."
  
  

  Priyanka Gandhi Vadra