Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa Wins Trust Vote, Motion Passed By Voice Vote

With the confidence that his government will prove majority in the Karnataka Vidhana Soudha, Yediyurappa on the eve of trust vote said, "On Monday hundred per cent I will prove the majority."

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won trust vote in the Vidhana Soudha on Monday after he proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote.

Karnataka Trust Vote: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won trust vote in the Vidhana Soudha on Monday after he proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old Ministry. BJP government-led by Yediyurappa is now safe for six months since the next trust vote can be moved only after that. Yediyurappa alleged the administrative machinery in the State had collapsed during the Congress-JDS rule and his priority was to bring it back on track. While moving the confidence motion in the Assembly to prove the majority of his three-day old ministry, Yediyurappa said he would not indulge in "politics of vengeance" as he believed in the "forget and forgive principle." "My becoming the chief minister is according to expectations of the people," said Yediyurappa who succeeded HD Kumaraswamy whose 14-month old government collapsed under the weight of a rebellion by a section of the coalition MLAs.

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Yediyurappa said he assumed office in a difficult situation with the state facing drought. "The administrative machinery has collapsed... my priority is to bring it back on track," he said. B S Yediyurappa, who assumed the office of Chief Minister last Friday, sought the trust vote in the Legislative Assembly today. With the confidence that his government will prove majority on the eve of trust vote, he had said, "On Monday hundred per cent I will prove the majority." Watch | Karnataka Floor-Test Today; Yediyurappa Assured Of Proving Majority A day before the trust vote on the Yediyurappa government in the Karnataka Assembly, the Speaker Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 rebel MLAs of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) for defying their party whips to attend the House on July 23, when former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy put the confidence motion to vote for proving majority, but failed to do. Kumar pronounced his ruling at a hurriedly called news conference on the eve of the trust vote, two days after Yediyurappa took the oath as chief minister but the rebels said they would challenge it in the Supreme Court. Eleven Congress MLAs and three JDS lawmakers faced the axe from the speaker in addition to the three disqualified earlier, bringing down the majority mark to 104, one less than the current strength of 105 of the BJP, which also enjoys the support of an Independent. Watch | Karnataka: 17 MLAs Disqualified, BJP Safe Ahead Of Floor Test 76-year old Yediyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister for a fourth time on July 26 in a sudden twist to the protracted high voltage political drama with a big challenge to manage numbers staring him in the face. Shortly after taking the oath, Yediyurappa had said he would move a motion of confidence in the assembly on July 29 to prove his majority. He took the oath, two days after the Congress-JDS coalition government crumbled under the weight of a rebellion its MLAs, 20 of whom were absent for the voting that led to the defeat of its trust vote by 99-105. (With inputs from PTI)