Will Bhopaiah disqualify JDS rebel MLAs tomorrow?
Here is the answer
Bengaluru, May 18: Close on the heels of appointing KG Bhopaiah of BJP as Pro tem Speaker for the floor test, rumors are doing the rounds on the future of the JDS rebel MLAs. It is being discussed in the political circle that the BJP is trying to stop some JDS and Congress MLAs from exercising their votes through Bhopaiah.
The rumors are doing rounds in the social media that Bhopaiah would certainly disqualify some of the Congress and JDS MLAs citing any reasons. The High Court which heard the disqualification case of seven MLAs filed by the JDS, had directed the outgoing Speaker KB Koliwada to solve the issue by May 27. Out of seven MLAs, three were elected in this election on the Congress ticket. Now, the rumors are doing rounds that Bhopaiah may disqualify those MLAs to establish majority for BJP in the House.
But the Pro tem Speaker does not have the power to disqualify the rebel MLAs. Still KB Koliwada is the Speaker till Friday midnight. Interestingly, Koliwada has dismissed the JDS plea of disqualifying its rebel MLAs on Friday morning.
The Governor has appointed KG Bhopaiah as the Pro tem Speaker only for the floor test to be held on Saturday. This appointment was done only to implement the Supreme Court direction. His official duty will start from Friday midnight. Speaker Koliwada has conducted the final hearing on the issue on Friday and dismissed the case declaring that all the seven MLAs are innocent. Otherwise, the new Speaker should have handled the case.
As the 14th Assembly as its time till May 26, the Karnataka High Court has directed the Speaker to finalize the case by May 27. Based on this, Bhopaiah could have used disqualification weapon to avoid those MLAs from exercising their votes in the floor test tomorrow. But 14th Assembly Speaker KB Koliwada has solved the case. So, BJP could not use this weapon to stop them.
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