Confident of winning Karnataka Assembly floor test: Yeddyurappa
Bengaluru, May 18: After the Supreme Court ordered a Karnataka Assembly floor test on Saturday, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday said he is confident of winning the required majority.
"We welcome the Supreme Court order of floor test at 4 p.m. on Saturday. We are confident of proving our majority," Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
The apex court's order for floor test comes a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader took oath as the Chief Minister.
With the BJP winning 104 seats in the May 12 Assembly election held in 222 segments, it fell eight short of the 112 halfway mark to win a simple majority.
Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), which formed a post-poll alliance, have won 78 and 37 seats respectively.
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BY Ragahavendra and his wife have assets worth Rs 73.71 crore
Bengaluru, Apr 18: Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa's son and MP B Y Ragahavendra has declared in his election affidavit that he and his wife have assets worth over Rs 73.71 crore.
The BJP candidate filed his nomination from the Shimoga Lok Sabha segment on Thursday, and has declared movable assets worth Rs 31.09 crore in his name, and Rs 2.95 crore in the name of his wife Tejaswini.
The three-time MP has immovable assets, including agricultural and non-agricultural land as well as commercial and residential buildings, worth Rs 24.76 crore in his name and Rs 14.90 crore in his wife's name.
The couple has total liabilities of Rs 13.61 crore.
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A Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) graduate, the 50-year-old has two criminal cases pending against him.
According to his affidavit, Raghavendra owns an Ambassador car worth Rs one lakh, a Toyota Fortuner worth Rs 41.32 lakh, and a tractor worth Rs 2.45 lakh.
While Raghavendra has declared that gold, diamonds, silver and precious stones in his possession are worth Rs 98.83 lakh, those in the name of his wife are valued at Rs 1.13 crore.
