Karnataka floor test live blog: Assembly adjourned

After Speaker resigned, Karnataka Assembly adjourned till 5 pm

In hish parting speech, Ramesh thanked everyone and hoped that the state reaching higher echelons under CM BS Yediyurappa

After serving as the Speaker for Karnataka Assembly for 14 months, Ramesh Kumar has resigned

Government employees can heave a sigh of relief as Assembly passes finance bill

CM Yeddyurappa can heave a sigh of relief as he won the trust vote. At least for the next six months, he can be assured of a smooth flow

Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa wins trust vote by voice vote

CM BS Yeddyurappa presents finance bill for the house to pass it. Leader of opposition Siddaramaiah suggests to CM that the bill has to be passed for 8 months. CM had proposed to get it passed for a period of 3 months.

In an apparent dig at CM BS Yediyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy asked him to take care of the disqualified MLAs and even said they didn't have a special flight from Mumbai to return to Bengaluru

Adding to what Siddaramaiah said, former CM HD Kumaraswamy said the then opposition leader BS Yediyurappa spoke irresponsibly about his government earlier

Taking a dig at CM BS Yediyurappa, Siddarmaiah said he won't speak about how BS Yediyurappa became the CM, but added that he does not have the confidence that he would survive the remaining term because of the weak numbers

Disqualified MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli (MLAs from Gokak and Athani respectively) have filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Speaker Ramesh Kumar

CM BS Yediyurappa begins his speech in the Assembly, promises that he won’t resort to vindictive politics, says he believes in the principle of ‘forgive and forget’

ST Somashekar, MLA from Yeshwantpur and MTB Nagaraj from Hoskote have expressed disgust at the way things have transpired in the last few weeks and said they want to quit politics.

In what comes as a great shock to the rebel MLAs, R Ashoka, senior BJP leader and former deputy CM R Ashoka says they have nothing to do with the resignation of the rebel MLAs

ST Somashekar, the disqualified MLA from Yeshwantpur said MLA Krishnabyre Gowda of Byatarayanapura is a cunning MLA. He went on to say that he would enter the Guinness Book of World Records for his deceit.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, senior Congress leader, will be coming to the city this evening. The leader will have discussions with state Congress leaders to choose the leader of opposition

As BS Yediyruppa takes up the floor test, Congress might stage a walkout with a bid to embarrass the BJP

In view of CM Yediyurappa proving his majority on the floor of the house, election for the post of KMF president has been postponed by the Karnataka government

Five disqualified MLAs (Byrathi Basavaraj, ST Somashekar, Muniratna, MTB Nagraj and Shivaram Hebbar) returned to Bengaluru on July 29 from Mumbai ahead of Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa's floor test

Ahead of the trust vote, CM BS Yediyurappa will chair a meeting with his MLAs at his office at 10: 30 am.

Aghast at their disqualification for their anti-party activities, 17 rebel MLAs approached the Supreme Court.

CM BS Yediyurappa will take up the floor test today. The BJP is sitting pretty with 106 seats while the opposition has 100 seats