Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAfter losing the trust vote and flouting a number of\ndeadlines, Kumaraswamy, the Karnataka CM went to Raj Bhavan and submitted his\nresignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala. The resignation was accepted with\nimmediate effect, but Vala asked Kumaraswamy to continue as caretaker chief\nminister till alternative arrangements are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bringing to end a three-week-long high-voltage power\nstruggle triggered by a raft of resignations by rebel lawmakers that made the\nsurvival of the government difficult, the confidence motion moved by Kumaraswamy\nwas defeated with 99 members voting for the alliance and 105 against it in a\nHouse of 225, including Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and a nominated member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many as 20 MLAs \u2013 17 from the Congress-JDS, one from the\nBSP, and two Independents — skipped the proceedings, reducing the effective\nstrength of the House to 205. The magic figure for Kumaraswamy to win the trust\nvote was 103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The motion moved by the chief minister has fallen\nthrough,” Speaker Kumar announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flashing a victory sign after the voting, BJP leader BS\nYeddyurappa, hoping to become the chief minister for the fourth time, described\nthe outcome as a “victory for democracy” as people were fed up with\nthe Kumaraswamy government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the Assembly polls last year, Yeddyurappa resigned without\nfacing the trust vote since he did not have the numbers on his side with the\nBJP, which bagged 104 seats, falling short of a majority by nine seats. He\nassured the people of Karnataka that “an era of development” would\nstart with the BJP in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the next step, Yeddyurappa, 76, said an appropriate\ndecision would be taken “as early as possible”. The BJP dubbed the\nfall of the government as a “Game of Karma”. Kumaraswamy, son of\nformer prime minister HD Deve Gowda, watched the proceedings in a pensive mood\nafter a spirited reply to the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With rebellion exploding in its face, the coalition\ngovernment was hanging by a thread for the last three weeks with the Supreme\nCourt verdict that rebel MLAs ought not to be compelled to attend the session\ntipping the scales in favour of the BJP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outwitted in the numbers game and defeat staring in his face\nwith the rebel MLAs in no mood to step back from their position to not attend\nthe Assembly, Kumaraswamy gave indications of quitting in the initial remarks while\nwinding up the debate on the confidence motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am ready to happily sacrifice this position,”\nhe said as the Assembly debated the confidence motion for four days. In his\nreply, Kumaraswamy said discussions were on why he had not resigned and was sticking\nto the chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sounding philosophical, he said when the 2018 assembly polls\nresults were out, he had plans to quit politics. “My political entry\nitself was all of a sudden and unexpected,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kumaraswamy lashed out at the BJP for repeatedly trying to\ntopple his government and told the saffron party that its government would not\nlast long and in the event of collapse, it is better to go for elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“First bomb will explode in ministry formation,”\nhe said. Asserting that his government was not shameless, he said, \u201cWe have\nworked honestly to provide people friendly government.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accusing the BJP of being in a hurry, he said, “I am\nnot going to run away after speech. Let the people of the state know why I was\nremoved. I am not going to run away fearing numbers. Let the votes be counted.\nThe chief minister’s seat is not permanent to anyone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BJP did not take part in the debate except for\ninterventions and remained silent despite allegations thrown at it by the\nCongress and JD(S) members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his speech, Congress leader Siddaramaiah accused the BJP\nof trying to come to power through backdoor using bribery and\n“wholesale” trade of MLAs. He said the 15 MLAs resigning was nothing\nbut “wholesale trade”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siddaramaiah, a former chief minister, alleged that “Rs\n20-30 30 crore” were offered to lure the MLAs and asked “Where did\nthis money come from?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 15 rebel MLAs of the Congress and the JD(S) have sought\nfour weeks’ time to appear before Speaker Kumar in connection with the plea for\ntheir disqualification from the State Assembly. The Speaker is also yet to take\na decision on the resignations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Yes, we have sought four weeks’ time from the speaker.\nWe have approached the speaker through our advocate,” said Hunsur JD(S)\nMLA AH Vishwanath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government had ignored two deadlines set by Governor\nVala, who had asked Kumaraswamy to prove his majority on Friday itself, saying\nhe had “prima facie satisfaction” that it has lost its majority\nconfidence of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tumoil reached a climax after dramatic twists and turns\nthat saw the MLAs of rival camps being corralled in resorts and hotels,\nallegations of bribery, rebel lawmakers knock the doors of the Supreme Court to\ndecide on the issues of whip, floor test and governor’s intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kumaraswamy and the Congress moved the Supreme Court\naccusing the Governor of interfering with the Assembly proceedings when the\ndebate on the trust vote was underway and sought clarification on its July 17\norder causing hindrance in issuing whip to the legislators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court had held that the MLAs cannot be compelled to\nparticipate in the Assembly proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling coalition made frenetic efforts to win back the\nrebels with the chief minister making a desperate appeal to them on Sunday to\nattend the session to save his ministry but they refused to budge, sealing the\nfate of his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As many as 16 MLAs — 13 from the Congress and three from\nJD(S)– had resigned, while independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh had\nwithdrawn their support to the coalition government, pushing it to the\nprecipice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One Congress member Ramalinga Reddy retracted from his\ndecision to resign, saying he would support the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the third motion on trust vote after the 2018\nassembly polls yielded a fractured mandate with the BJP emerging as the single\nlargest party with 104 seats, but failing to mobilise the numbers.\n\nBJP added one more to its tally after the\nvictory of an MLA in a by-election.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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