JD(S), CPI hail SC order on floor test, say BJP can't prove majority

Hailing the Supreme Court order on floor test in Karnataka as "historic", JD(S) and CPI leaders today said the BJP would not have the numbers to prove its majority in the Assembly tomorrow.

JD(S) leader Danish Ali told reporters that B S Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka yesterday, will be "voted out tomorrow itself".

"We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court. It is a historic decision. Those people who were asking what was the need for the JD(S) and the Congress to knock the doors of the Supreme Court in the midnight, today they have been exposed that they went to demolish all the institutions," he said.

"The concerns of security of all MLAs should be taken care of. From day one we were confident that the BJP does not have majority. Majority is with us. Yedddyurappa is going to be voted out at 4 pm tomorrow itself," Ali said.

CPI leader D Raja told PTI, "Because of uproar in the country, the judiciary took a stand and set aside the governor's decision giving 15 day's time (to the BJP to prove majority). Let us see what happens tomorrow. BJP would not have the numbers to prove majority on the floor of the house."