Curtains for JD(S)-Congress govt in Karnataka: Why July 12 could be the date
Bengaluru, July 06: The budget session in the Karnataka legislative assembly will be a stormy one. With 13 MLAs of the ruling coalition resigning over the past week, the BJP would seek for a no-confidence motion as the budget session begins on July 12.
The
leaders
of
both
the
Congress
and
JD(S)
have
maintained
the
the
government
is
safe.
However
if
one
looks
at
the
numbers,
then
it
tells
a
different
story
all
together.
BJP
sources
tell
OneIndia
that
there
is
no
doubt
that
they
would
ask
for
a
trust
vote.
The
resignations
clearly
show
that
the
coalition
has
been
reduced
to
a
minority
and
hence
it
does
cannot
continue
in
power,
the
leader
also
said.
Even after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka, it failed to form the government as it was lacking in numbers. The JD(S) and Congress came together to form the government, but the road for the two parties has not exactly been hunky-dory.
Curtains for the coalition: BJP now in striking distance to form Karnataka government
The primary intention of the BJP was to reduce the house strength. The by-elections that were held in Karnataka had earned the BJP one seat and the Congress one.The Kundgol elections were necessitated by the death of Congress MLA C S Shivalli. The Chincholi seat fell vacant following the resignation of former Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav.
BJP sources had said that the spree of resignations will continue and the party would soon stake a claim to form the government.
The Karnataka assembly has 224 members of which the BJP has 105. The Congress and the JD(S) have 78 and 37 respectively, while the BSP and KPJP have one each. The assembly also has an independent MLA. The magic number in the assembly is 113.
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If these resignations are accepted then the strength of the assembly falls tp 211. This would be including the two other resignations that were tendered last week. This means the the magic number needed in the House would be 106. If the BJP manages to get the support of one independent, then it can stake the claim to form the government.