No doubt at all says Yediyurappa on winning trust vote
Bengaluru,
July
29:
Ahead
of
seeking
the
trust
vote
in
the
Karnataka
assembly,
chief
minister
B
S
Yediyurappa
on
Sunday
expressed
confidence
about
proving
the
majority.
He
also
said
that
the
finance
bill
prepared
by
the
previous
Congress-JD(S)
government
would
be
tabled
by
him
in
the
assembly
on
Monday,
without
any
changes.
"On
Monday
hundred
per
cent
I
will
prove
the
majority,"
Yediyurappa
told
reporters
here.
The
finance
bill
(appropriation
bill)
needs
to
be
passed
"urgently",
as
otherwise
"we
will
not
be
able
to
draw
funds
even
to
pay
salaries,"
he
said.
"So tomorrow after moving the confidence motion, we will first take up the finance bill. "I have not even changed a comma or full stop in it. I will be tabling the finance bill prepared by the (previous) Congress-JD(S) government," he added.
Yediyurappa, who assumed the office of Chief Minister on Friday had announced that he would seek the trust vote on Monday.
Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 more Congress-JD(S) rebel MLAs under the anti-defection law, taking the total tally of disqualified legislators to 17, which will not have any direct impact on the Yediyurappa government's trust vote on Monday. The effective strength of the 224-member assembly excluding the speaker, who has a casting vote in case of a tie, is 207.
No way says Kumaraswamy on supporting BJP
The magic figure required will be 104.
BJP, along with the support of one independent, has 106 members, Congress 66 (including nominated), JD(S) 34 and one BSP member, who has been expelled by the party for not voting for the Kumaraswamy government during the trust vote.
The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the assembly in a climax to the three-week long intense power struggle.