Floor Test News

Lalji Tandon's fresh directive came two days after he first asked Nath to face a floor test on Monday

Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance government passed the floor test with 169 votes in favourBJP's 105 MLAs walked out before head count began in the 288-member House

Karnataka assembly speaker K.R Ramesh Kumar will call for the floor test as stated by YediyurappaThe BJP is likely to cross the halfway mark in the downsized lower house on its own and validate its claim to form the government.

The situation threatening to escalate into a full blown constitutional crisis in KarnatakaProceedings began on a fiery note on Tuesday, with only a handful of legislators from the coalition being present when the session began

The governor’s insistence on completing the floor test today has added to the political drama in Karnataka, which is inching towards a constitutional crisisAt least 20 legislators of the coalition have not attended the ongoing session discussing the confidence motion moved by the chief minister

Twenty MLAs voted for the motion of confidence in the two-day old government, while 15 opposed itPramod Sawant was sworn in as chief minister during the wee hours of Tuesday

With chief minister Manohar Parrikar admitted to a hospital in Delhi, the Congress is looking to renew its claim to form a government in the coastal state

The Congress-JDS alliance, led by CM Kumaraswamy, won 116 votes in the Karnataka floor test shortly after the BJP staged a walkout from the state assembly

Speaker Ramesh Kumar will conduct the floor test CM H.D. Kumaraswamy will face later today to prove his majority in the Karnataka assembly

In Karnataka, considered the home of 'resort politics, Congress's D.K. Shivakumar has become its biggest custodian