The rebel BJP legislators in Karnataka, who have challenged their disqualification from the Assembly, suffered a setback on Wednesday, with the Karnataka High Court rejecting their request to summon the records of their disqualification proceedings from the office of Speaker K.G. Bopaiah.
Meanwhile, political defections are expected to receive a new thrust with all the main parties — the Congress, the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party — working on ways to add to their strength in the Assembly.
Reports say that at least two Congress legislators belonging to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's community could extend support to the BJP. One Congress MLA resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday.
Justice V.G. Sabhahit, the third judge hearing the petitions filed by the 11 BJP rebel legislators after a Division Bench delivered a split verdict on October 18, orally rejected their request to summon the records.
The advocate appearing for seven of them orally asked the court to call for the records. “The records are important as they will show clear bias of the Chief Minister against the petitioners.”
Justice Sabhahit said the records could not be summoned as no such plea was made when the case was before the Division Bench. “I have been asked to give a judgment on a point of reference: the action of the Speaker in disqualifying the legislators. I will not consider any other matter.”
The judge told counsel that if he still “insisted on seeking for the records, he has to file an application. Let the other side file its objections. I will pass orders.” When counsel pointed out that he was only making an oral plea, the judge said: “This is orally rejected.”
Speaking to journalists at his residence on Wednesday, Mr. Yeddyurappa accused the Congress and the JD(S) of “relentlessly” trying to destabilise his government. He said he planned to order a judicial inquiry into the land in possession of the leaders of the two parties.
“Half of the total extent of land available around Bangalore is owned by the former Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy, and State Congress chief R.V. Deshpande,” he said.
BJP workers stage dharna
BJP members on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah. Their action, they said, was in protest against Congress leaders trying to show the Chief Minister in poor light by staging a protest in front of his residence on Tuesday night after a Congress MLA resigned from the Assembly.
Keywords: Karnataka political crisis, constitutional crisis, BJP, Yeddyurappa government, JD (U), rebel legislators
Mr yeddyurappa,has outsmarted,the Ex Prime minister and Governor. He has paid JD(S) and Congress with their own coin.He had No choice. Politics these days is purely how rich your party is,how many thugs you have and how shamelessly you are prepared to abuse power and how much you can use the visual and print media by wrong/half truth messages. We will continue to be entertained by similar dramas.
Well one thing is sure. Knocking off Flood relief money given by Public by the great RV Deshpande has been covered up. DK Shivakumars' open fraud and money-making racket by starting educational institutions with illegally earned money and granite mining money and Party Hopper Siddaramaih is too covered up. Next the anti infrastructure party which wants no raods, ro railway lines, the JD(S) has fallen flat. As for the BJP MLA's who left party, they can be treated as traitors and shot out of politics.
The utter confusion caused by the present political imbroglio is ridiculous. The Government seems to be flexing its muscles against the Opposition to hush it up through money power. The mining lobby is firmly behind the Chief Minister at present perhaps for some trade-off later. This would ultimately prove to be the nemesis of the Government in coming days. But, at present, the common citizen is the looser and it has resulted in a complete plunder of the natural resources of the state.
H.D.Kumaraswamy is one of the worst political leaders in Karnataka's history. People of karnataka should be ashamed to have such worst person in assemply.
Atleast now Yeddyurappa government can concentrate on the welfare of the state than worrying about the destabilisation of the government by the opposition.
H.D.Kumaraswamy and H.D Revanna are two poisonous seeds of Devegowda. For recent political developments these two are fully responsible. They are power hungry, they are spoiling Karnataka by dirty casteism. They should be tought a good lesson by the government.
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