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Chidambaram slams BJP for putting ‘hurdles’ in Karnataka trust vote

-- 19 May,2018

New Delhi, May 19
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday slammed the BJP for putting “hurdles” in conducting the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly and asked how many “tricks” the saffron party would “invent” to win it.
In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said it was due to the Supreme Court that the trust vote is being carried out on Saturday and it was a commentary that on a purely state matter, the parties do not repose confidence in the state High Court.
The Congress and JD(S) directly approached the apex court instead of the state high court.
“First, give us 15 days. Second, Anglo Indian member. Third, secret ballot. Fourth, colluding pro-tem Speaker. Fifth, under invention!
“How many tricks will the BJP invent before the Karnataka Assembly votes on the motion of confidence? How many hurdles will they place?” he tweeted.
The former finance and home minister said if 221 elected men and women (in Karnataka as MLAs) cannot decide who among them enjoys the confidence of the majority “Why call ourselves a democracy?”
The BS Yeddyurappa government of the BJP faces a trust vote on Saturday following a Supreme Court order after the Congress-JD(S) combine claimed that it had more numbers than the saffron party.
The May 12 Assembly poll has given a fractured mandate in which the BJP got 104 seats, the Congress 78 and the JD(S) 38 in the 224-member House. Polling in two constituencies did not take place due to various reasons.
The Congress and JD(S) formed an alliance after the results and staked claim to form the government.

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