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Karnataka Assembly floor test LIVE updates: Kumaraswamy seeks time to meet Guv, may quit, reports suggest
Live updates of the Karnataka political crisis. Fate of the ruling Congress-JD(S) government hangs in balance. The trust vote is expected to happen today
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Karnataka trust vote live updates: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has sought time to meet the Governor at 7 pm, News18 has reported quoting sources.
Karnataka trust vote live updates | P Muralidhar Rao, BJP National General Secretary: Until MLAs return, they (Karnataka govt) get the majority the assembly will go on...this being done by Speaker is unacceptable. Today a full stop should be put to all this, Governor should take a decision and save democracy.
Karnataka trust vote live updates | P Muralidhar Rao, BJP National General Secy: Congress-JD(S) is violating constitutional rights. Democracy is being murdered. Court has allowed the 15 MLAs (rebel MLAs) that they may or may not be present there. They (the Karntaka govt) don't have the numbers, they're in minority.
Karnataka trust vote live updates | Congress leader Siddaramaiah: CT Ravi doesn't have proper info. I didn't leave JD(S), I was expelled. I didn't join Congress immediately. I was forming Ahinda party. I was expelled from JD(S) in May 2005. I joined Congress in 2006. Wrong info shouldn't be recorded here.
Karnataka trust vote live updates | Congress leader Siddaramaiah: Speaker will take a call on confidence motion. We have already told that we will prove the confidence in Vidhana Soudha. Case is pending in Supreme Court. We have also filed the petition, most probably tomorrow Supreme Court will hear our plea. If the rebel MLAs come back then they will be with us. Rebels have told that they are not living comfortably, they could have stayed back here itself.
Congress tells Speaker not to put confidence motion to vote till MLAs resignation issue is decided: Report
Congress made a strong plea to the Speaker in the Karnataka Assembly earlier in the day not to put to vote the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy till the chair decides on the resignations to the House submitted by the rebel lawmakers.
The Congress' position was stated during the debate on the confidence motion by senior Minister Krishna Byre Gowda who said that taking up the voting without the Speaker's decision on the resignation issue would leave the confidence motion process without any sanctity. (PTI)
Karnataka trust vote live updates | Congress leader Siddaramaiah tweet: I welcome the ruling of Hon. Speaker Shri. Ramesh Kumar on my point of order. This has upheld & protected the rights of political parties to fight against undemocratic disturbance orchestrated by BJP leaders.
Siddaramaiah's point of order contended that the Supreme Court ruling on the petition filed by rebel MLAs infringed on his party's right to issue a whip.