Yeddyurappa confident of win in trust vote

Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has said he is confident of winning the trust vote on Thursday in the 224-member state Assembly, a first of its kind constitutional exercise in the country within a week.

State Governor H R Bhardwaj after declaring Monday’s confidence vote as “farce” has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led 28-month-old coalition ministry to seek fresh mandate from the lawmakers to clear doubts of “voice voting, in which Speaker K G Bopaiah had announced that the motion of confidence was won”.

In the House, the BJP has now 106 members, including the Speaker; the Congress has 73, Janata Dal (Secular) has 28, Independent one and 16 are vacant. The vacancy was created after the Speaker disqualified 16 MLAs hours ahead of first trust vote on Monday.

The BJP on Wednesday found support from the lone independent Varthur Prakash.
The ruling regime also claimed support of of JD-S member M C Ashwath.