Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa Wins Trust Vote In Smooth Affair
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has proved his majority in the Karnataka Assembly winning the motion by a voice vote.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday proved the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government’s majority in the Karnataka Assembly by winning the trust vote.
With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old ministry.
As the opposition did not press for division, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar declared that the motion had been passed by a voice vote.
The BJP was expected to have a smooth sail with the trust vote, as the disqualification of 17 rebel MLAs by the Speaker on Sunday had reduced the effective strength of the 225-member Assembly to 208.
The magic figure for simple majority was 105, equivalent to the strength of the BJP, which also commanded the support of an Independent.
The Congress has 66 members, JD (S) 34, the Speaker one (who has a casting vote in case of a tie) and one expelled Bahujan Samajwadi Party member who was thrown out of the party for violating its directive to vote for the HD Kumaraswamy government during the trust vote on July 23.