Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (AM)

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Chief minister (CM) B S Yediyurappa on Monday, July 29 won the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly through voice vote.

"Yediyurappa has won the confidence motion he moved by voice vote with more yes than no's. As there is a request for division of votes by the opposition parties, he has proved that he has majority support in the House," Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar declared in the House.

Earlier, Yediyurappa moved the motion to prove that he enjoyed majority legislative support in the House.

The motion was put to voice vote after Congress leader Siddaramaiah and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumarasway spoke on the motion briefly.

BJP state chief BS Yeddyurappa, the now four-time chief minister of Karnataka, had taken oath as CM on July 26.

The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) government collapsed in Karnataka as MLAs rebelled against the government. Yeddyurappa moved hours after the Speaker disqualified three of the 17 rebel MLAs yesterday evening. BJP defeated the coalition government by 105-99 votes in the floor test on Tuesday after a three-week-long intense power struggle in the Karnataka assembly.

In May 2018, the BJP had emerged as the single largest party in the 16th Karnataka assembly. At that time as well, Yeddyurappa was invited by the governor to form the government. Things, however, did not go well for the BJP at that time and Yeddyurappa could hold his chair only for three days as he failed to prove majority in the assembly. Then the other two parties, JD(S) and Congress, came together to block the BJP and formed the government.