The HD Kumaraswamy-led government missed the Governor’s second deadline on Friday for the floor test. Speaker Ramesh Kumar, however, made it clear that the House will wind up the motion on Monday with a vote. “It is submitted that the trust vote is not being conducted despite the Govt being in a minority. It has been reliably learnt that in a desperate attempt to avoid the trust vote, the Chief Minister of the Karnataka may also rake up an emergent situation and use medical emergencies, including hospitalization to avoid the trust vote,” the petition further said. The lawmakers implored the court to “intervene to uphold the rule of law and constitutional democracy”.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 14:16 UTC