Karnataka political crisis live updates: BJP moving MLAs to resort is cowardice at display, says JD(S)

Amid an ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday sought time from the Assembly Speaker to prove majority on the floor of the house.

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BENGALURU: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, the Monsoon session of the state assembly commenced from Friday in order to pass the finance bill. Ahead of that, the chief whip of the Congress-JSD coalition government, Ganesh Hukkeri, had issued a whip asking all legislators of both the parties to attend the first day of the Monsoon session of the assembly.

In a related development, the Supreme Court ordered a ''status quo'' in connection with a plea filed by a group of dissident ruling Karnataka coalition MLAs seeking its urgent intervention in their case. In their plea, the MLAs had accused the Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar of not discharging his constitutional duties and not approving their resignations.

During a hearing on Thursday, the top court had asked the 10 MLAs to appear before the Speaker and requested the latter “to grant them an audience at the same time”. Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar had asserted that he needs time to examine the resignations submitted by rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that the decision taken by the Speaker has to be interim

The Congress-JDS government, which came to power around 13 months ago, plunged into a serious crisis on Saturday following the resignation of over a dozen MLAs from the two parties.

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12 July 2019

19:56 IST

After BJP MLAs were moved to a resort, Janata Dal Secular JD(S) said that the BJP government's "cowardice was at display" as it was afraid of the floor test. It also said that the state government would win the confidence vote by a huge margin.

Why is BJP herding its MLAs to a resort now?
We will not stoop to your level and poach MLAs.

Why are you afraid of the floor test, when you claim to have majority? The cowardice of BJP is at display!@hd_kumaraswamy will win the confidence vote by a huge margin. Wait n watch!

— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) July 12, 2019

19:49 IST

BJP MLAs moved to Ramada resort from the state assembly, news agency ANI reported.

#correction Bengaluru: BJP MLAs leaving for Ramada resort from state assembly. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/wT285QLw0x

— ANI (@ANI) July 12, 2019