Count-down begins for Karnataka Government!
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Bengaluru, Jul. 6: Today witnessed Karnataka Congress Coalition high drama. The sudden resignation session started in morning shaken up the whole government. Dissidence-plagued Congress-JD (S) had another blow with the resignation of 11 MLAs belonging to the 2 parties quitting the assembly as the crisis deepened for ruling dispensation.
Today in a dramatic scene, 8 MLAs of the coalition and 3 MLAs submitted their resignation.
The speaker while addressing the media claimed that he would look into the resignations on Tuesday (9 June). These letters were submitted by the rebel MLAs to his secretary in his absence from the state secretariat.
The 11 MLAs who are said to have submitted their resignation letters are:
H Vishwanath - JDS
Mahesh Kumthalli - Congress
BC Patil - Congress
Ramesh Jarkiholi - Congress
Shivaram Hebbar - Congress
Narayan Gowda - JDS
Gopalia - JDS
S T Somashekar - Congress
Muniratna - Congress
Pratap Gowda - Congress
Byrathi Basavaraj - Congress
After submitting their resignation, the MLAs headed to the Raj Bhavan to meet with Governor Vajubhai Vala.
As a result of Today’s development, the assembly’s current strength is 224 MLAs excluding the speaker. If 11 ruling MLAs resign the strength comes down to 213, with the half-way mark being 107.
Sans the resignations, the ruling Congress-JD(S)+ combine has 119 MLA which may come down to at least 108. The BJP+, on the other hand, has 106 MLAs, which is going to give sleepless nights to Kumaraswamy and prior to any potential floor test.