Karnataka coalition crisis: Can a Speaker use his supremacy to favour one party?
Ramesh Kumar, the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly had adjourned the confidence motion sought by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy not once but thrice. This has raised several doubts about the way he conducts the House, prima facie, instilling fears that he might be resorting to nepotism.
Bengaluru: Ramesh Kumar, the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly is a great intellectual. He often keeps quoting the rule book. But his decision to adjourn the confidence motion not once but thrice in the last one week has set several tongues wagging about his neutrality principles. Moreover, the members from the ruling coalition have openly dictated terms to the Speaker, thereby manipulating the agenda of the House. Is it time Ramesh Kumar looks inwards and takes recourse to the same rulebook he says is supreme? Watch this show as we break it down for you on MyNation.
