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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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
