In a dramatic twist to the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, governor Vajubhai R Vala on Thursday sent out two missives -- first to speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to wrap up trust vote in the assembly by the end of the day, followed by another one to chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, setting a deadline of 1.30pm on Friday to prove his majority.
The missives overshadowed the trust vote moved by Kumaraswamy on a day when Congress’s strength in the House shrunk by two more MLAs: While Shrimanth Patil left the resort where Congress MLAs have been staying to get admitted to a Mumbai hospital, B Nagendra continued to remain in a Bengaluru hospital where he is being treated for a heart ailment. As many as 20 MLAs didn’t turn up for the trust vote. These include the rebels holed up in Mumbai.
In a dramatic twist to the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, governor Vajubhai R Vala on Thursday sent out two missives -- first to speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to wrap up trust vote in the assembly by the end of the day, followed by another one to chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, setting a deadline of 1.30pm on Friday to prove his majority.
The missives overshadowed the trust vote moved by Kumaraswamy on a day when Congress’s strength in the House shrunk by two more MLAs: While Shrimanth Patil left the resort where Congress MLAs have been staying to get admitted to a Mumbai hospital, B Nagendra continued to remain in a Bengaluru hospital where he is being treated for a heart ailment. As many as 20 MLAs didn’t turn up for the trust vote. These include the rebels holed up in Mumbai.