Bengaluru, July 28: In a major development, Karnataka speaker KR Ramesh has disqualified 14 rebel MLAs a day ahead of new Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa government’s trust vote on Monday. The announcement for the disqualification of MLAs (Member of the Legislative Assembly) was made at a press conference in Bengaluru. On Thursday, KR Ramesh diqualified three MLAs including Independent MLA R Shankar and Congress' Ramesh Jarkiholi  and Mahesh Kumathalli. Karnataka: JD(S) to Back Yediyurappa-Led BJP? Ex-CM HD Kumaraswamy Clears The Air.

The 14 MLAs include BC Patil, Pratapgouda Patil, ST Somashekhar, Shivaram Hebbar, Anand Singh, R Roshan Baig, BA Basavaraja, Munirathna, AH Vishwanath, K Gopalaiah, K Sudhakar, MTB Nagaraj, Narayana Gowda and Shrimanth Patil who have been disqualified till the end of the term of the assembly. How BS Yediyurappa Can Pass The Assembly Floor Test With 105 BJP MLAs.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had claimed power after the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition led by HD Kumaraswamy failed the floor test last week. Two K'taka Independent MLAs to Move SC Seeking Conduct of Floor Test: Lawyer.

Karnataka's new CM BS Yediyurappa on Friday said he would hold a floor test to prove his majority in the state Assembly on Monday. "At the cabinet meeting held soon after I took oath as Chief Minister, I decided to go for floor test in the Assembly on Monday at 10 a.m., to prove majority," the 75-year-old leader said.

Currently, there are 222 legislators in the Karnataka Assembly. The saffron party, with 105 MLAs, have an edge over the previous government, which had 99 votes in the floor test on Tuesday.

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