CM BS Yeddy wins vote of confidence

NEW Delhi, june 2 (Agencies): Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday proved his majority on the floor of the assembly and won his 4th trust vote, according to Times Now. The Yeddyurappa government won a trust vote in the assembly by 119 votes in favour and none against amid walkout by the Congress and boycott by the JDS. The opposition attacked the Karnataka speaker saying that he must vacate the chair for granting the chief minister a win in the vote.
A decision that Yeddyurappa suo moto move a motion seeking a vote of confidence in the Assembly was adopted at the BJP legislature party meeting on Wednesday. Yeddyurappa moved a one-line resolution stating that “this House express confidence in the ministry led by him” after the House completed obituary references to members and dignitaries who passed away during the inter-session period. This is the fourth time Yeddyurappa sought a trust vote after he led BJP to victory in 2008 assembly polls and realised the dream of installing the first-ever saffron party government in the South.
Yeddyurappa, whose party won 110 seats out of 224 and fell short by three numbers for a simple majority formed the government with support of six independents on May 30, 2008. He proved his majority in the first week of June then. On October 11 2010, Yeddyurappa faced the floor test under a directive by governor H R Bhardwaj after 16 MLAs, including 11 BJP rebels withdrew support to his government. Though Yeddyurappa won the trust vote by voice vote, Bharadwaj rejected the verdict on the ground that the due procedure of head count was not followed.