Karnataka Fuels Five More To Move Supreme Court
- 13-Jul-2019
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Bengaluru: Five more rebel Karnataka MLAs urgently moved the Supreme Court on Saturday, saying they are being threatened to support Kumaraswamy government in the proposed floor test.
The five legislators named Anand Singh, Dr. K. Sudhakar, N. Nagaraju, Munirathna and Roshan Baig alleged that they are in an identical situation as the earlier 10 MLAs who have approached the apex court against the Speaker and Mr. Kumaraswamy.
They too have tendered their resignation from the State Assembly, but their resignations are yet to be accepted by Speaker Kumar.
The 24-page application said Mr. Singh resigned on July 1, Mr. Munirathna followed on July 6 and the other three put in their papers on July 10.
The MLAs wish to resign acting in accordance with their conscience. The right to resign from their office is their fundamental right to a citizen as well as a public representative... The Speaker is acting in violation of their fundamental right, they accused.
The legislators, represented by advocate Subhranshu Padhi, said there is not need for a probe by the Speaker into whether their resignations were “voluntary or genuine” as they had submitted their letters in persons.
