Kumar abhay, Member of Legislative Assembly, Belagavi Dakshin, Karnataka

Criticising Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, BJP General Secretary Murlidhar Rao on Monday accused him of violating the constitution by not concluding the business of trust vote in time."In Karnataka Assembly discussions are being held on other issues rather than vote of confidence motion. Upon witnessing this, Governor reminded the Speaker that in the interest of Karnataka and its people the vote of confidence motion should be completed without delay. The Speaker is violating the constitution. Karnataka Governor should save the democracy and system in Karnataka", he told .Rao said "In Karnataka JDS and Congress Government is not having enough majority to prove in the floor test but still the Karnataka CM is taking decisions on future plans of the state."Referring to the the Supreme Court order on the issue, he said, "SC also recognised the powers of Speaker and said speaker can take the decision himself and should submit in the court. SC also said in the 15 MLAs matter that no one can compel MLAs to participate and attend in the vote of confidence motion. SC has given protection to 15 MLAs from disqualification."Rao's assertions were, however, refuted by Congress leader Hanumanth Rao who accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading."BJP is doing same things in Karnataka as in West Bengal. They are offering crore of rupees to MLAs and is trying to form the government. BJP should stop horse-trading," said Hanumanth Rao.In Karnataka, the Congress-JDS government slumped into a minority earlier this month following the resignation of several dissident MLAs. Sixteen MLAs from the ruling coalition including thirteen Congress and three JD(S) MLAs have resigned.On Friday, the Assembly failed to meet the deadline set by Governor Vajubhai Vala to complete the trust vote. After that, Chief Minister Kumaraswamy moved the Supreme Court challenging the Governor's directive to the government saying it was in violation of well-settled law laid down by the court.The state Assembly has 225 members, including one nominated MLA. The halfway mark in the 225-member Assembly is 113.( With inputs from ANI )

Kumar AbhayFOLLOW

Kumar abhay, Latest News

Ever since the defeat of the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls early this year barely six months after the party's impressive victory in the Assembly polls the differences within the state party's top leadership have refused to die down. On the one h ...

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing rebel Karnataka MLAs, on Tuesday said they enjoy protection from the Supreme Court against disqualification and they were free to participate or not in the procewedings in the Assembly during the trust vote ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred hearing till Wednesday on a petition moved by two Independent Karnataka MLAs seeking a direction for concluding the floor test in the state Assembly. ...

After rebel MLAs wrote a letter seeking time to appear before him, Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday said the matter will be dealt with by the court. ...

As Congress faces a serious threat to its coalition government in Karnataka, its leaders D K Shivakumar, Mallikarjun Kharge and K.C. Venugopal are engaged in a firefighting operation to salvage the situation. ...

Reeling under the impact of disastrous result in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is going through a deep crisis, with uncertainty over the leadership at the top and exodus of legislators and senior leaders in some states. ...

After a heated debate which continued till midnight, the Karnataka assembly was adjourned till Tuesday without voting on the confidence motion moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy five days ago. ...

Criticising Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, BJP General Secretary Murlidhar Rao on Monday accused him of violating the constitution by not concluding the business of trust vote in time. ...