Karnataka govt wins second confidence vote
The BJP government in southern Indian state of Karnataka yesterday won a fresh vote of confidence by just six votes in the state assembly, just three days after a similar exercise, which was marred by controversy.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who moved the trust motion, won 106 votes, as against 100 MLAs who said they had no confidence in his government. A lawmaker of Janata Dal (Secular) abstained from the voting.
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj had declared Monday's confidence vote a 'farce' and offered Yuddyurappa a second opportunity to prove his majority in the 224-member House yesterday. The entire opposition had rejected the October 11 exercise.
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