Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Thursday admitted a notice by the Opposition Congress expressing no confidence in the BS Yediyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state, PTI reported.
The notice, submitted by Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, had the requisite signatures of 23 MLAs, the Speaker said. He said he will fix a suitable time for the no-confidence motion and discussion in the next couple of days.
“We have given a notice stating that this House and the people of the state have lost confidence in Yediyurappa- led government,” Siddaramaiah told Kageri, claiming that more than 23 MLAs supported it. Following this, all Congress legislators stood in their place in support of the notice, obliging Kageri to admit it. Siddaramaiah asked the Speaker to take up the notice with priority.
However, the Speaker proceeded…