News18 Daybreak | Kumaraswamy Govt Falls After Losing Trust Vote, BJP to Take Call on Next Karnataka CM and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For

Today's Big StoriesHD Kumaraswamy govt falls after losing trust vote, Yeddyurappa likely to become CM

After a three-week-long political tussle in Karnataka, the confidence motion moved by HD Kumaraswamy was defeated with 99 members voting for the alliance and 105 against it in a House of 225. The coalition's fall in the state has paved the way for the BJP to return to power in the state.

Section 144 was also imposed in Bengaluru for 48 hours after clashes broke out between Congress and BJP workers.What’s next: State BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, who had to quit within 56 hours after being sworn in as the chief minister in May last year, is likely to be back at the helm after his seventh attempt at the coalition yielded the desired results.

But there are also doubts over whether the JDS-Congress alliance will continue after today’s fall since the grand-old party has time and again expressed its discomfort with the coalition.‘Defeat of democracy’: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi likened the development to "a defeat of democracy and honesty" and said that the "greed" of the BJP had prevailed. He blamed the saffron party when he said that Congress-JDS alliance in Karnataka was always a target for vested interests, both within and outside.Violating orders: Meanwhile, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday expelled lone party MLA N Mahesh in Karnataka for "violating" the party's decision to vote in favour of the HD Kumaraswamy government that lost the trust vote in the assembly. According to the BSP supremo, Mahesh had violated the party high command order, “which is indiscipline and the party has considered it seriously".PM didn't ask Trump to mediate on Kashmir, says Jaishankar as opposition corners govt on claim

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