Congress expels 14 rebel MLAs in Karnataka

All the fourteen MLAs had resigned from the state legislature, and abstained from voting that led to the defeat of the Congress-JD(S) government in the trust vote, paving way for the BJP to stake claim to form the government.

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Rebel MLAs from Karnataka in Mumbai (File Photo)

The Congress on Tuesday expelled all fourteen rebel Karnataka MLAs who were disqualified by former Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar under the anti-defection law last week. A list sent by the party’s state unit calls for action against the MLAs for “anti-party activities.”

All the fourteen MLAs had resigned from the state legislature, and abstained from voting that led to the defeat of the Congress-JD(S) government in the trust vote, paving way for the BJP to stake claim to form the government.

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Former Karnataka Speaker had earlier disqualified the MLAs under the anti-defection law, thus ending their hopes of being inducted into the BJP government. Three JD(S) MLAs were also disqualified, reducing the strength of the Assembly from 225 to 208 members.

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The BJP, which formed a one-man government headed by BS Yediyurappa on July 26 after the Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote, has a clear majority of 105 legislators, apart from the support of one Independent MLA. The Congress strength is down to 67 and the JD(S) to 34; the House also has one BSP MLA.

The 11 Congress MLAs who were disqualified on Sunday are: Prathapgouda Patil, B C Patil, Shivaram Hebbar, S T Somashekhar, Byrathi Basavaraju, Anand Singh, Roshan Baig, N Munirathna, K Sudhakar, M T B Nagaraj and Shrimanth Patil. The three from the JD(S) are Vishwanath A H, Narayana Gowda and K Gopalaiah.

On July 25, the Speaker had disqualified Congress MLAs Ramesh Jharkiholi, Mahesh Kumatahalli and R Shankar (an Independent who later merged with Congress).

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