Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy tendered his resignation after the Congress-JD(S) government failed to survive trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday, with the coalition falling short of majority in the 224-member House. The trust vote was necessitated after 15 MLAs resigned, plunging the 14-month-old government to a minority. Congress leader Siddharamaiah has sought for the disqualification of the rebel MLAs who violated the whip and abstained from the trust vote. Karnataka: BJP supporters celebrate at party’s state office in Bengaluru after HD Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government lost trust vote in the assembly. AdvertisingKumaraswamy moved the trust vote on July 18 but the process of conducting the vote had been affected by procedural aspects of the legislature.

Source: Indian Express July 23, 2019 14:14 UTC