The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance secured 99 votes in favour and 105 against on a trust vote motion moved in the 225-member assembly by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy last Thursday. The BJP is likely to stake claim to form the next government on Wednesday after meeting the governor, state BJP leader R Ashoka said. “The exit of the corrupt, illegitimate coalition government is good news for the people of Karnataka,” said BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao. After the vote, Congress leader DK Shivakumar fired a warning to the rebel legislators, saying he would meet them in the “battlefield”. Despite the completion of the trust vote process, the political uncertainty in Karnataka may not be over yet.

Source: Hindustan Times July 23, 2019 18:22 UTC