The four-monthold BJP government’s gambit of fielding 13 defectors in the Karnataka byelections paid off big time as the party won 12 of the 15 seats that went to polls. Chief minister BS Yediyurappa now has an absolute majority with 117 seats in the current assembly with the effective strength of 223 MLAs.
The four-monthold BJP government’s gambit of fielding 13 defectors in the Karnataka byelections paid off big time as the party won 12 of the 15 seats that went to polls. Chief minister BS Yediyurappa now has an absolute majority with 117 seats in the current assembly with the effective strength of 223 MLAs.