Karnataka in the spotlight as governor sets 1.30 pm deadline for trust vote

The Karnataka crisis deepened on Thursday after Governor Vajubhai Vala asked Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to prove his government’s majority on the floor of the Assembly by 1.30 pm on Friday.
Bharatiya Janata Party legislators, who had asked the governor to intervene after a trust vote was not held on Thursday, stayed at the state legislature all night in protest against Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar’s decision to not hold the floor test. Vala, in a letter to Kumaraswamy, noted that he did not appear to have the majority after the resignation of 15 coalition MLAs from the Assembly.
The Congress has accused the governor of partisanship and is expected to move the Supreme Court, challenging his authority to intervene in the Speaker’s affairs.
 

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