Karnataka: Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, who is set to become the chief minister of the state, thanked the party’s national chief Amit Shah for supporting the state unit in its battle against “bad governance of the coalition setup”, news agency ANI reported.
“All our party’s 105 members stood like a rock with the party at this juncture. We had a testing time for the last couple of days for various political reasons, but overcame all those critical moments before defeating the confidence motion,” Yeddyurappa said in the letter to Shah.
The BJP is returning to power in Karnataka after the Congress-Janata Dal Secular government failed to clear a trust vote on Tuesday. The coalition got only 99 votes in comparison to the 105 votes of the BJP in the floor test.
“At the outset, I extend my heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for support extended by your good self, other leaders of the party and Party in general. On this occasion, I am very much elated and pleased to disclose you that we have defeated the confidence motion moved by the Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy paving the way for the formation of our party government in Karnataka. Now more than we the party members, people of the state are a relieved lot as they were fed up with the bad governance of the coalition setup. I thank you once again on this occasion of celebrations,” Yeddyurappa said in the letter.
Karnataka:BJP's BS Yeddyurappa has written a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah after Congress-JD(S) govt lost trust vote in assembly.Letter reads,"I extend my heartfelt congratulations&best wishes for support extended by your good self,other leaders of the party&party in general" pic.twitter.com/SIjx8y72EH
— ANI (@ANI) July 23, 2019
The trust vote came after a strife between the coalition and the BJP that even reached the Supreme Court. After the MLAs resigned from their posts, the strength of the Congress-JD(S) number of MLAs came down to 103. Compared to them the BJP has 105 MLAs in the lower house.
