K'taka floor test on July 18: Siddaramaiah

July 15, 2019 14:12

Karnataka coalition to take floor test on Thursday, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah. "The discussion on the vote of confidence will be taken up on Thursday at 11 am in the Karnataka Assembly," says Siddaramaiah.

The BJP in Karnataka Monday sought to move a no-confidence motion against the Congress-JDS government, which is battling for survival after 16 lawmakers of the ruling coalition resigned from the assembly. T

he BJP has issued a notice to Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar during the Business Advisory Committee meeting attended by party leader B S Yeddyurappa seeking to move the no confidence motion, party state general secretary C T Ravi told PTI.

"Yes, we have given a notice to move a no-confidence motion," he said.

As many as 16 MLAs -- 13 from the Congress and three from JD(S) -- have resigned from the assembly while two independent MLAs S Shankar and H Nagesh have withdrawn their support to the coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy.

The disgruntled MLAs, who have turned against the government, are camping in Mumbai. The Speaker is yet to accept their resignations as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court which will hear the case again on Tuesday.

The MLAs have not turned up for the assembly proceedings, which began on Friday last. The Apex Court Monday agreed to hear a plea of five more rebel Congress MLAs along with the pending petition of 10 legislators seeking a direction to the Karnataka Assembly speaker to accept their resignation.

With en masse resignations, the government has been pushed to the brink of collapse.

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