Karnataka floor test: Congress-JDS coalition government loses trust vote
The much-awaited floor test for the Congress-JD(S) coalition to prove their majority in the Karnataka government was finally carried out on Tuesday evening at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. The Congress-JD(S) coalition secured 99 votes while BJP secured 105 votes.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-07-23 14:39 GMT
Bengaluru
Beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday lost the trust vote on the floor of the state Assembly by 6 votes after a four-day debate on the confidence motion he had moved on July 18.
Resignations by 15 rebel legislators of the ruling combine from their Assembly segments since July 1 have reduced the 14-month-old shaky coalition government to a minority, forcing a trust vote on the floor of the House.
"Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has lost the floor test, as 99 votes were in favour of the confidence motion and 105 against it," Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar told the members of the House after the floor test.
Of the 225-member Karnataka Assembly, 20 were not present in the House for the floor test.
Before the voting, Kumaraswamy said he was ready to happily sacrifice his position. He also said he had no intention to drag the trust vote and added, "I apologise to the Speaker and the people of the state."
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