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262:, said that the court would have to balance two competing claims: first, the excuse of resignation could not be used to circumvent anti-defection measures; but, second, claims of defection should not be used to prevent resignation. He also said that the court would have to consider the extent to which it is permitted to issue directions to holders of other constitutional posts, such as that of the speaker of the assembly. 224:, and directed the police not to permit INC leaders to meet them. The government also attempted to induce the legislators to return by offering them cabinet posts; all 21 INC ministers resigned on 8 July to ensure that a sufficient number of ministerial berths were available. It also requested that the 246:, counsel for the legislators who had submitted their resignations, said that the speaker should be ordered to rule immediately on the resignations. Rohatgi argued that disqualification was a "mini-trial", and so a decision on the resignations should take priority over one on disqualification. 857: 235:, did not immediately accept the resignations, on grounds that he was constitutionally obliged to scrutinize them. Consequently, some of those who had submitted their resignations approached the 965: 1136: 61: 717:
Eventually the Congress-JD(S) coalition was reduced to 101 seats, whilst the BJP retained 105. After three weeks of turmoil, Kumarasamy lost a trust vote and resigned. On 26 July 2019,
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The reaction of the coalition government was to attempt to convince the legislators who had submitted their resignations to rescind them. Many of the legislators fled to
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forced adjournments twice in protest, alleging bribery on the part of the BJP. The BJP demanded that the government should resign.
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of the INC submitted their resignations. Over the next few days, ten INC and three JD(S) legislators resigned.
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legislator also left the coalition government. A few days later, INC legislator
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14 INC and 3 JD(S) legislators were responsible for the political crisis. One
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should disqualify those who had resigned under anti-defection legislation.
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submitted their resignations, which led to the fall of the
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was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka once again.
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Index

political instability
members of the legislative assembly
Karnataka
Congress
JD(S)
government
template
Infobox event
considered for merging
Karnataka
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
Janata Dal (Secular)
H. D. Kumaraswamy
B. S. Yediyurappa
Chief Minister
2018 elections
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
Janata Dal (Secular)
2019 general election
BJP-led NDA
Karnataka
INC-led UPA
Ramesh Jarkiholi
Anand Singh
Mumbai
speaker
K. R. Ramesh Kumar

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