Trust vote by today: K'taka guv tells Speaker

July 18, 2019 17:22

Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala requests the Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to conduct the floor test by the end of the day. In a missive sent to the Speaker, through a Raj Bhavan official, the governor said, "Motion of confidence is in consideration at the house. Chief Minister is expected to maintain confidence of the house at all times. Consider trust vote by the end of the day."

This comes after BJP MLAs met the governor and asked him to intervene saying the Congress was stalling proceedings and using delaying tactics.

Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa tells the assembly, "Even if it is 12 midnight, let the trust vote be held today."

As per the register of attendance, 18 MLAs were not present in the Assembly as the House took up the vote of confidence for debate.

The MLAs who were absent include Byrathi Basavaraj, Munirathna, S T Somashekar, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Roshan Baig, Srimanth Patil, Anand Singh, B Nagendra, R Shankar, K Gopalaiah, Narayana Gowda, M T B Basavaraj, B C Patil, H Vishwanath, Mahesh Kumthahalli, Prathap Gouda Patil, Dr Sudhakar and Shivaram Hebbar.

Kumaraswamy had on Wednesday issued a whip to all JD(S) MLAs including three rebel legislators Narayan Gowda, Gopalaiah and H Vishwanath to be present in the Assembly at the time of trust vote.

The Congress had issued a similar whip to its members including the rebels to attend the House.The Supreme Court on Wednesday had observed that 15 rebel MLAs cannot be forced to take part in the proceedings of the House.

Image: A BJP delegation consisting of Jagadish Shettar, Arvind Limbavali, Basavaraj Bommai, SR Vishwanath and N Ravikumar met Governor Vajubhai Vala earlier today and submitted a memorandum over the vote of confidence. Pic: ANI

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