A day after Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy made a surprise announcement in the Assembly that he would seek a trust vote in the House, efforts have intensified by the ruling coalition to reach out to the 16 rebel MLAs. The Congress leaders in Karnataka held a marathon session yesterday to pacify Housing Minister and Hoskote MLA M.T.B. Nagaraj who resigned from the Assembly last week.
The rebel MLA Nagaraj, however, has said that he needs time to decide on withdrawing his resignation letter. He and four other MLAs have however moved the Supreme Court against Assembly Speaker not accepting their resignation letters. A similar attempt was on to persuade MLAs Ramalinga Reddy, Munirathna and R Roshan Baig apart from Dr. Sudhakar. Ramalinga Reddy has now said that he will attend the Assembly session on Monday and also meet the Speaker regarding his resignation.
Meanwhile, two independent MLAs, who recently withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) coalition, have written to the Assembly Speaker requesting him to allot them seats on the Opposition side in the House. In separate letters to the Speaker, Mulbagal Independent MLA, H. Nagesh and Ranebennur Independent MLA, R. Shankar stated that they had withdrawn support to the ruling coalition and requested him to make seating arrangements for them on the Opposition side in the Assembly. The monsoon session of the Karnataka Assembly began on July 12 and is scheduled to end on July 26.
WhatsApp us