Earlier on Tuesday, Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj asked the Chief Minister to prove his majority -- a turnaround from his stand on Monday that the state be put under President's rule.
Bhardwaj said that he had written a letter to Yeddyurappa asking him to prove that he continues to enjoy the confidence of majority of MLAs through a confidence motion for the second time as the number of MLAs voting for and against the motion on Monday was unclear.
"The Chief Minister failed to demonstrate his majority in clear and objective terms," Bhardwaj told reporters in Bangalore. "Unauthorised persons entered the floor of the house and disrupted the proceedings."
Bhardwaj claimed Speaker K G Bopaiah's report on the proceedings do not reflect any figures of how many MLAs voted for and against the confidence motion.
"There can't be any voice vote in such a matter. A clear division of is required to prove majority," he said.
The BJP government in Karnataka had won the confidence motion by a voice vote amidst chaotic and violent events in the Assembly on Monday, after 16 rebel legislators were disqualified for anti-party activities -- a move dubbed by the Opposition parties as a 'ploy to muzzle democracy'.
Bhardwaj had recommended for imposition of President's rule in Karnataka after finding that rules were violated when the confidence motion was passed in the assembly.
Bopaiah had disqualified 16 dissident legislators, including five independent MLAs, under the anti-defection rules, before the house assembled amidst unruly scenes.
The move had brought down the figure for majority to 105 (from 113) as the number of voters reduced to 208 (from 224). BJP, which had 117 members, had support of 106 members after the dissidents were disqualified.
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