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CM Kumaraswamy seeks trust vote: Will it be huge setback for Karnataka rebel MLAs?

The Supreme Court has ordered a status quo in relation to the case it was hearing on the Karnataka rebel MLAs’ resignation issue. This means the Speaker can neither accept the resignations nor disqualify the disgruntled elements

Karnataka’s rebel MLAs, who were in Mumbai, reached Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru in a chartered flight under police protection at 6pm and ran to meet the Assembly Speaker, a sight worth watching.

As resignations of Karnataka rebel MLAs is being heard in the Supreme Court, the state Assembly session began on Friday (July 12) amidst the political crisis
 

The counsel of Anil Chacko Joseph, the Youth Congress leader, told the Supreme Court bench that the resignations by the rebel MLAs were nothing but a kind of defection and sought a hearing as an intervenor.

The MLAs have returned to the Renaissance hotel in suburban Powai and they would be staying there for another two days,  a local BJP leader said.
 

Following the Supreme Court order, Karnataka's rebel MLAs on Thursday (July 11) came down to Bengaluru from Mumbai to submit fresh resignation letters to Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar in Vidhana Soudha. The Speaker sought time to verify them, which may take a week or even a month.

Here is what rebel MLA ST Somashekhar has to say about resignation letters plaguing the Karnataka coalition government

Karnataka crisis: Here is Speaker Ramesh Kumar's take on rebel MLAs wanting to meet him privately.

Supreme Court has asked the 10 rebel MLAs, lodged in Mumbai resort, to meet Karnataka Speaker by 6 pm today. It has also directed Speaker Ramesh Kumar to decide on the resignation letters today itself. 

Karnataka Congress minister DK Shivakumar was detained by the police while he staged a dharma demanding to meet rebel MLAs in Mumbai hotel, but was denied permission. But it is said that they met BJP leaders instead. Congress supporters staged a protest opposing the treatment meted out to Shivakumar in Mumbai.

Shivakumar, the Congress trouble-shooter, who is in Mumbai to bring back rebel MLAs has been detained by the Mumbai Police

BJP leader Yeddyurappa demanded the resignation of Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy following the crisis post the resignation of rebel MLAs

Hearing the case, the Supreme Court has refused to take up the petition of Karnataka rebel MLAs immediately and it has posted the matter for tomorrow (July 11)

With more MLAs tendering resignations, here is what Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mallikarjun Kharge had to say.