Two Independent Karnataka MLAs on Sunday approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to conduct floor test on Monday. The two independent MLAs H Nagesh and R Shankar moved the apex court seeking its intervention to end the current political turmoil in the state. The development came even as a group of dissenting ruling Karnataka legislators, who have been camping in Mumbai for the past two weeks, on Sunday lashed out at the ‘monster’ coalition government in the southern state. The remarks from the dissenting ruling side MLAs came a day ahead of the crucial trust vote in Karnataka assembly on Monday. Ahead of Monday’s trust vote, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday made an emotional appeal to a group of dissenting ruling coalition MLAs who have resigned from his cabinet and are camping in Mumbai, to attend the assembly session on Monday.

Source: dna July 22, 2019 00:33 UTC