The rebel Karnataka MLAs, who are staying at a hotel here, said they would meet the state Assembly Speaker on Thursday, as directed by the Supreme Court, but would not withdraw their resignations.
The apex court on Thursday allowed 10 rebel legislators of the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka to meet the Assembly speaker at 6 pm to convey their decision to resign to him.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Karnataka Assembly speaker to take a decision on the resignation of the MLAs during the course of the day.
Reacting to the court's directive, rebel MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, who is staying at the Renaissance Hotel in Powai along with his other dissident colleagues, told reporters that they would meet the Karnataka Assembly speaker by 4 pm.
"We respect the Supreme Court's directives. We will meet the speaker today itself by 4 pm and tender our resignations. We will not withdraw our resignations," he said.
Asked whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was behind their decision to resign from the Karnataka Assembly, Basavaraj said, "The BJP is not behind our decision. It has nothing to do with the BJP."
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