BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka on Friday, won the a confidence motion today in a special session in the assembly, which was called to prove his government's majority.
Mr Yediyurappa, 76, comfortably won the confidence motion after the majority mark in the House has slid to 105 - a number the BJP had. On Sunday, 11 rebel lawmakers of the Congress and three from HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular were disqualified by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, bringing down the strength of the House to 208. All the lawmakers have been disqualified from the assembly till the end of its term, which calls for by-elections in all 16 constituencies.
The BJP had staked claim to power after the 14-month-old coalition government failed the trust vote last week. The coalition could scrape up only 99 votes against the BJP's 105. The test of strength took place after 13 lawmakers of the Congress and three from the JDS resigned and two Independent lawmakers, who were supporting the government, switched sides earlier this month.
Here are the live updates on Karnataka trust vote:
Karnataka: Assembly proceedings at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru begins. The newly sworn-in Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will face a trust vote today. pic.twitter.com/rZ6UK4LClR
- ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2019
#Karnataka: Five disqualified Congress MLAs including Byrathi Basavaraj, MTB Nagaraj, ST Somashekhar return to Bengaluru from Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/F22sWZuoMX
- ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2019
#Karnataka: Five disqualified Congress MLAs including Byrathi Basavaraj, MTB Nagaraj, ST Somashekhar return to Bengaluru from Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/F22sWZuoMX
- ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2019
- Five legislators, who have been disqualified, returned to Bengaluru along with the another independent lawmaker MLA Nagesh.
- B Basvaraj, S T Someahekhar, Muniratna, MTB Nagraj, S Hebbar returned to Bengaluru this morning.
- Independent MLA Nagesh would vote for Yeddyurappa
