The JD(S)- Congress coalition government in Karnataka can finally get down to business after the confidence motion on Friday moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy was passed with a voice vote even as BJP staged a walkout in protest.
Earlier, the much-anticipated election of the speaker ended in an anticlimax within minutes of the House assembling as BJP informed pro tem speaker K G Bopaiah that it does not want to press for the election.
The JD(S)- Congress coalition government in Karnataka can finally get down to business after the confidence motion on Friday moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy was passed with a voice vote even as BJP staged a walkout in protest.
Earlier, the much-anticipated election of the speaker ended in an anticlimax within minutes of the House assembling as BJP informed pro tem speaker K G Bopaiah that it does not want to press for the election.