After many delays, mostly intentional, the coalition government lost the trust vote. On the contrary, a visibly upset Siddaramaiah alleged that the BJP had won the trust vote by means of horsetrading. They have lured them with promises and done horsetrading and won this trust vote. Soon after the trust vote results, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) expelled its lone MLA from Karnataka N Mahesh. Despite party chief Mayawati's directions to support the coalition, Mahesh remained absent from the assembly, leading to his expulsion.

Source: dna July 23, 2019 17:37 UTC