Supreme Court today postponed the hearing on the political crisis in Karnataka. Rebel MLAs advocate Mukul Rohatgi told the Supreme Court that the speaker was deliberately trying to hang the voting under the power test. Rohatgi requested the supreme court to direct the speaker to complete the voting process for the confidence vote of the Congress-JDS coalition government by 6 PM today.
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The speaker said in the court that voting is likely to take place by this evening. The court adjourned the hearing on the petitions filed by two independent MLAs till tomorrow or Wednesday.
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According to media reports, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar adjourned the House on Monday without voting after midnight. Voting is expected to be held on Shakti Test by evening. After the overnight political drama in the Karnataka Assembly on Monday, now Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar has also summoned the Vis Speaker to meet the rebel MLAs. Also given the deadline for power testing. The speaker has given a say to the Kumaraswamy government to prove majority by 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
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For your information, the counsel for the rebel MLAs Mukul Rohatgi said that the Supreme Court passed an order saying that there is expectation is that the floor test to take place today. I hope this order will let the speaker know what his position is and what responsibility the Constitution binds him to.
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