K’taka BJP agrees to JD(S) demand for Legislative Council chairman post
By IANS| Published: 28th January 2021 1:32 am IST
Bengaluru, Jan 27 : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has joined hands with the Janata Dal (S) to wrest the Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman’s post from the Congress during a week-long Legislature Session that is starting from Thursday.
The BJP announced its decision on Wednesday to appoint its member, M. K. Pranesh, as its nominee for the deputy chairman’s post.
Pranesh will be filing his nomination to the vacant post (deputy chairman) on Thursday and he will be elected on Friday, a senior BJP leader told IANS.
Bengaluru: BJP-JD(S) bid to unseat Pratapchandra fails, Council adjourned sine die
Tue, Dec 15 2020 01:25:24 PM
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Bengaluru, Dec 15: The combined efforts of ruling BJP and opposition JD(S), which is cozying up to the saffron party notwithstanding its secular credentials, to unseat Congress party’s senior leader K Pratapchandra Shetty from the Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman’s post through a no-confidence motion came a cropper and the House was adjourned sine die without transacting any business amid uproarious scenes and utter chaos.
As a result of the confusion and the inability of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa backed by JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy to remove Shetty from the post of the Chairman of the Upper House, the new-found bonhomie between BJP and JD(S) to upstage the Congress party failed miserably and Pratapchandra Shetty would continue in his post.
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