Yeddyurappa step down as Karnataka CM

Bengaluru, May 19 The Karnataka government drove by B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned before going in for the floor test in the Vidhan Soudha here on Saturday.

Yeddyurappa resigned after he couldn't build up his larger part.

In his speech inside the Vidhan Soudha, Yeddyurappa said he will battle for the rights of the people of Karnataka till his final gasp regardless of whether he didn't get the mandate.

The floor test was to be conducted on the guidelines of the Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai R. Vala after the Congress-JD (S) organization together also guaranteed the privilege to form the government in the state based on the 117 seats it had when contrasted with the 104 seats that the BJP had.

On Friday, while hearing an appeal to of the Congress-JD(S) union, the Supreme Court lessened the 15-day unique time given by Governor Vala to the BJP to demonstrate its dominant part in the house and requested that the gathering hold the trust vote on Saturday at 4 p.m.

The Congress-JD(S) alliance welcomed the top court's turn, saying the BJP's bluff had been at long last got out.

On Saturday, the Supreme Court also rejected the Congress-JD (S) petition to remove K.A. Bopaiah as expert tem speaker in front of the floor test and delegate the senior most legislator R.V. Deshmukh in his place.

The apex court rather requested the video graphing of the floor test to guarantee transparency of procedures