 "K R Ramesh Kumar, Speaker of Karnataka Assembly")
As suspense continues over the formation of the next government in Karnataka with the single largest party BJP still awaiting for instruction from the central leadership, state Assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday played another master stroke by announcing the disqualifications of three MLAs. They include two Congress MLAs, and R Shankar, an Independent member who had pledged his support to BJP after resigning from the outgoing government.
Shankar, who represents Ranebennur constituency in the state, was one of the two independent MLAs who had quit the Congress-JD (S) coalition government supporting the BJP. The speaker said that
