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/ ;,7 ' +< +< < VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# +$%#,-. " +"+3 0"12$$ ,45+5 $) C -85D8,48 4=0",8-,80-3 ")87 * *9>-8>"30 7894593.= ": 4"*943* 8-:*0 0* .450*530 .4* 75(*04 "8 , *-9*-*>-599N78*7@ ""0,3 5,58- 7840*73 4>780**7)5*>:*7* 9 . '()* 6A B*- 8 '* ! /0/ 01 23 -4 Q R R ' 8 (*9303 With the support of the two independents, who on Monday arnataka Assembly Speaker resigned from the Ministry, the KKR Ramesh holds the key BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224- to the State political crisis after member House, where the he declared on Tuesday that the halfway mark is 113. If the res- resignation letters of 8 of 13 ignations of the 14 MLAs are rebel MLAs of the Congress accepted, the coalition’s tally and the JD(S) were not in cor- will be reduced to 102. rect format even as the At the same time, the Congress urged the Speaker to Congress sought the Speaker’s disqualify some of these law- intervention in disqualifying its makers under the provision of rebel legislators and accused the anti-defection law. The the BJP of using money power Speaker will meet five of the to lure its members after anoth- rebel MLAs during the next er MLA quit the party. week, giving breathing space to In a counter offensive after the ruling coalition. The 13 MLAs resigned on Saturday Karnataka Assembly session Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh them handed resignation let- dealing a blow to the 13- will begin on July 12.
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