Karnataka crisis: Cong asks for deferring trust vote raising issue of whip

Siddaramaiah said if the motion was taken up, it would have a bearing on the constitutionally formed government in the state

The Congress Thursday pressed for deferring the confidence motion moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy till the assembly speaker decided on the issue of whip in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict on the political crisis in the state.

Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah said the 15 rebel MLAs camping in Mumbai were influenced by the Apex Court order that they can abstain from attending the assembly proceedings and asked Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to give a ruling on the fate of whip issued by him as CLP leader.

"If this motion is taken up, then it will not