17 Karnataka rebel MLAs remain disqualified, but can contest Dec 5 bypolls: SC
In an interim order in July, the Supreme Court had said that Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar was free to decide on resignations of the rebel MLAs.
In an interim order in July, the Supreme Court had said that Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar was free to decide on resignations of the rebel MLAs.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah accused Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and BJP chief Amit Shah of 'murdering democracy and violating the Constitution'.
The move came days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the expansion of the three-week-old BJP ministry in Karnataka.
Soon after Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won the confidence motion on Monday, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar tendered his resignation.
Earlier on Sunday, Yediyurappa had said that he was '100 per cent confident' of proving majority in the House.
The trust vote comes a day after Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 rebel legislators belonging to the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).
Yediyurappa was sworn in for the fourth time as the Chief Minister of Karnataka after a long tug of war with the Congress-JD(S) coalition government.
The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote by 105-99 in the House on Tuesday after three weeks of intense power struggle in the state.
On Thursday, senior BJP leaders from Karnataka met Home Minister Amit Shah and party working president JP Nadda in Delhi.
Amit Shah has asked them to meet again at 3 pm to have a further discussion after which the final decision will be taken in the Parliamentary Board meeting.
