Heading a troubled coalition government seemingly counting its days, Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy sprang a surprise on Friday by declaring that he would seek a trust vote on the floor of the assembly. The CM’s announcement on the first day of the monsoon session came just 10 minutes after the Supreme Court handed him a breather by asking the speaker to maintain status quo till Tuesday on the resignations of 10 rebel MLAs.

Heading a troubled coalition government seemingly counting its days, Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy sprang a surprise on Friday by declaring that he would seek a trust vote on the floor of the assembly. The CM’s announcement on the first day of the monsoon session came just 10 minutes after the Supreme Court handed him a breather by asking the speaker to maintain status quo till Tuesday on the resignations of 10 rebel MLAs.