With the ruling Karnataka coalition facing a crucial trust vote, chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy underlined that he was not holding on to power and appealed to the rebel MLAs who have “gone away” to attend the assembly session on Monday. The chief minister made it very clear that his only intention is of seeking time for debate on trust vote. There is no question of our attending the assembly session tomorrow,” rebel JD(S) MLA K Gopalaiah said in a video, flanked by ten other legislators. Amid reports that the lone BSP legislator will skip the trust vote, BSP chief Mayawati has instructed N Mahesh to support the Kumaraswamy government. In another development, two independent Karnataka MLAs worried about another delay in trust vote moved the Supreme Court to issue directions to chief minister Kumaraswamy to hold the vote without further delay.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 17:06 UTC