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Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy seeks trust vote, asks Speaker to set time

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy said he wasn't trying to cling to power and would accept the outcome of the trust vote.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday said he would seek a trust vote and asked Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to fix the time for it.

The embattled JD(S) leader also said he was ready for everything and that he was not here to cling to power.

Kumaraswamy made the plea seeking the trust vote in the Assembly, which met here amid a flurry of political developments that have pushed his already wobbly government on the brink of collapse.

A total of 16 MLAs including 13 from the Congress, have resigned even as two independents, who were made Ministers recently, have withdrawn support to the 13-month old Congress-JD(S) coalition government.


Also read: As more Karnataka MLAs resign, do defectors win elections? Data holds the answer


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1 COMMENT

  1. Nothing could be more fair and transparent. Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had stood up to the apex court, defending his turf. There is a clear separation of powers. Within the precincts of the House, the Speaker’s word is the law. Its proceedings cannot be dictated by an external force. Since the spirit of the Constitution is not being respected – at times it is touch and go on its letter as well – all these strains are showing up.

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