The message has been discreetly conveyed to Kumar to give up the post, which is conventionally held by a member from the ruling party, they said
Karnataka Assembly Speaker suspends 3 MLAs including independent member
Laws can't stop Indian politicians from defecting. But people can
Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar announced that 99 MLAs had voted in favour of the motion and 105 against it
In his letter to Kumaraswamy, the Governor said, "I have accepted the resignation tendered by you with immediate effect
The confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy received 99 votes in favour and 105 against it
Kumaraswamy lost the trust vote Tuesday in an unending battle of nerves played out in the State Assembly over four days
The two MLAs, who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, moved the top court seeking a direction for conducting a floor test forthwith in the state Assembly
All the petitions are moved at a time when the Karnataka Assembly is debating the confidence motion moved by Kumaraswamy
Deepening the political crisis in Karnataka, the Governor's 1.30 pm Friday deadline for CM Kumaraswamy to prove his majority ended without the Assembly taking up the voting on the motion of confidence
He said there was discussion and "indirect comments" made that he was delaying the vote of confidence
20 MLAs didn't turn up; Assembly sleepover for BJP members in protest of the delay
The House was adjourned by Deputy Speaker Krishna Reddy as the Congress members persistently shouted slogans against the BJP
Kumaraswamy insisted that doubts had been created about the Congress-JDS coalition and it had to be brought before the country
As the term of 5 MPs to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu comes to an end, elections for the same will be held on July 18
The International Court of Justice will pronounce the verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Over the last few days, Kumar has made all efforts to ensure the coalition stays in power
"Many issues need to be sorted internally by the party leadership by taking the MLAs into confidence. I think that has been going on," he says
Two independent MLAs have also withdrawn support to the coalition government
Congress-led Karnataka Assembly has set a disturbing precedent