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Ramesh Kumar, the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly had adjourned the confidence motion sought by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy not once but thrice. This has raised several doubts about the way he conducts the House, prima facie, instilling fears that he might be resorting to nepotism. 

Speaker Ramesh Kumar slams Karnataka rebel MLAs and calls them ‘ignorant’. He also said they have become MLAs just to show off.

Bengaluru: Karnataka assembly was adjourned a third time on July 23 in the last one week. Amid ruckus in the House, Speaker Ramesh Kumar adjourned the House and said the government has to prove its majority by 6 pm on July 23.  
 

With Karnataka rebel MLAs refusing to return from a Mumbai resort sending videos instead, and the chief minister in the hot seat, but only for a short while it seems like, the entertainment unfolding before the eyes of the people is much like an episode of Weekend with Ramesh.

With a view to buy more time, CM Kumaraswamy has met Speaker Ramesh and sought more time to take up trust vote. 

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar has expressed hope that the trust vote will be held in Karnataka today (July 22).

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar answered query about trust vote. Here is how trust vote will be held in the Assembly
 

Seeking quashing of the Governor’s order to prove his majority by 1: 30 pm today (July 19) the coalition government has approached the Supreme Court. 

The Karnataka Speaker will open the motion to vote. Vidhana Soudha prepares for the day ahead. Follow live updates here

The political thriller in Karnataka is getting exciting with the coalition meeting the Speaker to push the trust vote, while the opposition wants it to be held as quickly as possible. The judges had cut short the time to prove majority by the then chief minister BS Yeddyurappa last year from 2 weeks to 24 hours as the coalition knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court at night.

Expressing his anger against doctors of a government hospital in Srinivaspur, Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar abused them and accused hospital authorities of colluding with private hospitals

 

Rebel MLA from the JD(S) Narayana Gowda’s office in KR Pete was vandalised by his own party supporters. Gowda and 12 others had submitted their resignations to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar

 

Sumitra Mahajan, former Lok Sabha Speaker, has condemned the attack on a municipal officer by BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of Kailash Vijayvargiya. Akash had assaulted a municipal officer with a cricket bat
 

Ramalinga Reddy, the Congress MLA from BTM Layout, Bengaluru, who was scheduled to meet Ramesh Kumar, the Karnataka Assembly Speaker did not turn up. The meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday (July 16) at 4 pm.

While the Karnataka Speaker is yet to take a decision on the floor test, MyNation speaks to netas to find out which party is confident with respect to the no-confidence motion - Congress, JDS or the BJP