Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa resigned on Saturday ahead of a Supreme Court-mandated trust vote in the assembly, capping five days of political drama that saw elections results throwing up a hung house, political parties accusing each of horse-trading and lawmakers hiding in hotels.
The Supreme Court ordered the trust vote after the Congress and the JD(S) challenged Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite Yeddyurappa to take over as chief minister after election results that revealed a hung House.
‘Till my last breath, I’ll fight for the farmers. I’ll give my life for people,’ Yeddyurappa said in the Karnataka asembly.
Earlier in the day In Delhi, the Congress and the JD(S) dropped their demand in the Supreme Court to change the pro-tem speaker KG Bopaiah, who is a BJP leader. Hearing a Congress plea, the court ordered that local channels be given live feed of trust vote proceedings in Karnataka in order to ensure transparency.
Here are the live updates:
4.19pm: BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa reaches Raj Bhavan after resigning as chief minister of Karnataka.
4.12pm: Congress’ DK Shivkumar, JD(S)’s HD Kumaraswamy and other MLAs at Vidhana Soudha after resignation of BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka.
