BJP to hold protest at district headquarters today
Team Udayavani, Jul 9, 2019, 11:06 AM IST
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Bengaluru: Amid the deepening crisis in the state BJP MLA Arvind Limbavali said that BJP party worker would a hold protest at district headquarters, seeking the resignation of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Speaking to ANI on the issue, “We will wait for a few days to see if the Chief Minister resigns. We are holding another meeting at 5 pm on Tuesday. We are also going to hold protests to demand the Chief Minister’s resignation.”
He further added, “It is our duty to congratulate them if the independent MLAs extend their support to the BJP.”
“There are drought and infrastructure issues, which we need to discuss. There has been no development since the coalition government took the charge 13 months back,” he said.
Karnataka’s year-old Congress-Janata Dal (S) coalition government is on the brink of collapse after the spate of resignations by the MLAs.
The Karnataka Assembly has 225 members, including one nominated MLA. The halfway mark in the 225-member assembly is 113.
Before the latest spate of resignations, the Congress had 78 MLAs, the JD(S) 37 and the BJP 105. The Congress-JD(S) coalition effectively had the support of 119 MLAs in an Assembly where the halfway mark was 113.
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