Yeddyurappa resigns as CM without facing trust vote

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> Congress released an Audio clip where BJP leader Janaradhana Reddy is trying to lure Congress MLA from Raichur Rural by offering money and posts.<br /> <br /> Janaradhana Reddy clearly says he has the backing of BJP President Amit Shah for doing horse trading! <a href="https://t.co/oVEC88DgV2">pic.twitter.com/oVEC88DgV2</a></p> &mdash; Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) <a href="https://twitter.com/INCKarnataka/status/997461797912408064?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah held a crucial meeting with Congress MLAs here on Friday to discuss the strategy to be adopted in the state Assembly on Saturday when the BJP government seeks a trust vote. The Congress leader flew in to Hyderabad hours after the MLAs of the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) were shifted here by their respective parties to prevent them from poaching by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the crucial floor test in the new Assembly.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> All the MLAs are here, we will be leaving for Bengaluru. We don&#39;t have any meeting here. Siddaramaiah has come here, we will be leaving soon. We have 77 MLAs here. No pressure on us. It will be our govt: Rajshekar Patil, Congress MLA in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hyderabad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Hyderabad</a>. <a href="https://t.co/0qy8q9V1Xq">pic.twitter.com/0qy8q9V1Xq</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/997452218289795078?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to invite BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa to form the government shows that he is acting under the Modi-led central government's pressure, Congress leader Ashok Chavan said. "Politics is taking place from the (Karnataka) Raj Bhavan," he said while addressing a 'save democracy day' protest near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). "Vala's decision to invite Yeddyurappa to form the government shows that he is acting under the Modi-led central government's pressure," the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president said.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> We will be able to inform you in a short while. Yes, the option of going back to Court is open: Randeep Surjewala, Congress on if Congress will challenge BJP MLA KG Bopaiah&#39;s appointment as pro tem Speaker. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Karnataka?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Karnataka</a> <a href="https://t.co/bLpnS4AyM9">pic.twitter.com/bLpnS4AyM9</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/997449612108619776?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 18, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Supreme Court on Friday gave clear-cut four-step instructions for holding the floor test in the Karnataka assembly tomorrow for ascertaining the majority or otherwise of the BS Yedyurappa's government in the state.