Karnataka’s beleaguered coalition government faces trust vote in Assembly on Monday after missing two previous deadlines set by the governor last week. Chief minister Kumaraswamy hit back at the BJP and claimed that the saffron party had set a new benchmark for “immoral politics”. He expressed confidence that the coalition government would prevail in the trust vote and end the current political uncertainty in the state. Senior political analyst Mahadev Prakash said the coalition government could not postpone the trust vote any further. “They have already ignored the directives of the governor twice to complete the trust vote.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2019 18:22 UTC