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Bopaiah’s appointment as pro-tem Speaker against principles, Sibal tells SC


Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, May 19, 2018 : Newly sworn-in Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa will have to take a Supreme Court-ordered floor test at 4pm on Saturday to confirm whether he enjoys the majority in the 224-member House he claimed in a letter to the governor.

 

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Both BJP’s Yeddyurappa and former CM Siddaramaiah, the leader of the Congress legislature party, say they are confident of their numbers even as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition against governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to appoint BJP leader KG Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker.

Meanwhile, Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress MLAs from Karnataka, who were camping in Hyderabad, reached Bengaluru on Saturday. Alleging poaching attempts by the BJP, the Congress-JD(S) combine had shifted its MLAs to prevent what they called horse-trading.

The drama surrounding the hung verdict to the Karnataka elections will continue for the fifth day amid reports of missing legislators, allegations of use of central investigative agencies and poaching attempts.

Here are the live updates:

10.57am: Sibal says Bopaiah must not be allowed to take trust vote as pro-term speaker. The last time a pro-tem speaker conducted floor test was in Jharkand in 2006.

10.50am: Preparations at the Karnataka Vidhan Soudha ahead of oath-taking and floor test.

10.45am: Senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi counters Sibal, says there are many instances when junior MLAs have been appointed as pro-tem speaker.

10.42am: Kapil Sibal tells SC that established principles were not being followed in the appointment of a junior MLA as pro-tem speaker. “It creates problems,” he says. “If pro-tem speaker has to take a trust vote, we have a problem,” Sibal argues, stressing that according to parliamentary practice the senior-most member is appointed pro-tem speaker.

10.40am: Chief minister Yeddyurappa, BJP MLAs, Congress and JD(S) legislators arrive at the Vidhan Soudha.

10:32am: In the Supreme Court, Karnataka side will be represented by senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi and additional solicitors general Maninder Singh and Tushar Mehta. The Congress side will be represented by senior party leaders and lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal.

10:27am: Meanwhile, in Delhi, the Supreme Court will soon begin hearing a Congress plea against pro-tem speaker KG Bopaiah’s appointment by governor Vajubhai Vala.

Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy says “it’s not an important day” for him, asserting “the important days will come in the future”, reports news agency ANI. “Up to 4pm, BJP will try to poach our MLAs. All the MLAs are together, no one is

10:24am: Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy says “it’s not an important day” for him, asserting “the important days will come in the future”, reports news agency ANI. “Up to 4pm, BJP will try to poach our MLAs. All the MLAs are together, no one is going to go to the other side. None of our MLAs are trapped.”

10:20am: In Bengaluru, Congress MLAs leave from Hotel Hilton for Vidhana Soudha.

9.32am: Congress lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi leaves for the Supreme Court for hearing in plea filed by the Congress-JD(S) regarding the appointment of pro-tem speaker KG Bopaiah today.

What if the Congress or Janata Dal (Secular) members were to (a) cross-vote (b) remain absent or (c) be present but abstain from voting? Will they be disqualified? All about the floor test in Karnataka today.

9.18am: Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy says MLA Anand Singh is not with them physically “but he is in contact with our leaders. He has to come to Vidhana Soudha today. He will definitely vote for us. He is with us. He will come back”.

8.57am: Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa arrives at Shangri-La hotel for the party legislature meeting. He will then leave for the assembly with others. Security personnel keep vigil at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

8.50am: Wait till 4.30pm, we will win and BS Yeddyurappa will be the chief minister for five years, says Sadananda Gowda of the BJP.

8.48am: Union minister Ananth Kumar says both the Congress and the JD(S) have an unholy alliance. They are going to be rejected, people are going to reject them.

8.42am: I’m going to have 100% absolute majority. Tomorrow I am going to take all that decision which I promised to the people of Karnataka, says chief minister Yeddyurappa.

8.40am: Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad says the numbers are against the BJP and in favor of their alliance. We will form the government, he says.

8.35am: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge expresses confidence about the floor test win. The BJP doesn’t have the numbers. It is just trying to prove their majority and they will fail to do so, he says.

8.20am: The petition by Congress-JD(S) regarding appointment of pro tem speaker states that the court should pass appropriate orders directing that voting in floor test has to be carried out by division by segregating MLAs supporting and opposing the motion in different lobbies of House.

Chief Justice Dipak Misra has listed the Congress’ plea before the three-judge bench, headed by Justice AK Sikri and also comprised of Justices SA Bobde and Ashok Bhusha.

7.56am: Chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will leave for Shangri-La hotel at 9 am for the party legislature meeting. He will then leave for the assembly with others.

7.10am: Supreme Court will hear Congress’s plea regarding the appointment of pro tem speaker KG Bopaiah today at 10:30am.

7am: Two buses carrying Congress MLAs arrive in Bengaluru ahead of the floor test in Karnataka assembly scheduled at 4pm.

6.50am: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has filed a complaint and demanded action against BJP’s Janardhan Reddy for offering hundreds of crore rupees and a minister portfolio to Raichur rural MLA Basvanagowda Daddal through telephone.


courtesy: HT


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