New Delhi, Bengaluru: The week-long political drama in the Karnataka Assembly snowballed into a constitutional crisis on Friday as the JDS-Congress coalition government that is facing the threat of collapse not only flagrantly ignored the 1.30 pm deadline set by Governor Vajubhai Vala for proving its majority, but did the same again when it was slapped with a second deadline of 6.30 pm.
The CM said its July 17 order was coming in the way of the party issuing a whip to its legislators in the ongoing trust vote proceedings.
In his plea that the Governor sent a communication on Thursday directing that the confidence motion and the trust vote should be held before 1.30 pm on Friday, it states: “It is respectfully submitted that no such direction could have been issued by the Governor when the confidence motion has already been initiated. The debates on the motion are currently ongoing and the House is in session for the confidence motion.” It said Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar had also opined that the trust vote would take place only at the end of the debate. “In these circumstances the Governor cannot dictate to the House the manner in which the debate of the trust vote has to be taken up,” the plea said.
