Bengaluru: BJP State President BS Yeedyurappa is reportedly bracing up to become the next Chief Minister of the state as his party is all set to claim stakes on formation of the government after the coalition government collapsed following defeat in the confidence motion on Tuesday evening.
Two Karnataka Independent MLAs on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to allow them to withdraw their plea seeking its direction to the state assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to conduct "forthwith" floor test on a trust motion moved by the H D Kumaraswamy government.
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As the BJP is expected to stake claim to form the next government in Karnataka, its legislature party meeting would be held on Wednesday.
Bengaluru: BJP supporters in the state capital on Wednesday morning gathered outside the Bengaluru residence of their state president BS Yeddyurappa and celebrated the collapse of Cong-JD(S) coalition government in the state.
Minister DK Shivakumar said that he would file a defamation case against BJP MLA Basana Gouda Yatnal for Rs 2 crore for giving a statement 'DK Shivakumar supports BJP to form government in state' on the day of announcing the verdict in a case.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the MLAs who have betrayed the party and embraced the BJP would not be inducted back into the party again.
The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources here said on Tuesday.
"A new era of development will start from now onwards," said BJP's Karnataka president B S Yeddyurappa Tuesday soon after the H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition government lost the confidence vote.
Irked by the absence of BSP MLA N Mahesh from Tuesday's trust vote in Karnataka assembly, party supremo Mayawati tweeted that the party high command has suspended Mahesh from the party.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday submitted his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala shortly after losing the confidence motion in the Assembly.
