Assam Congress celebrates after Karnataka victory
Guwahati, May 19 : Assam Congress leaders and party workers celebrated on Saturday after it became clear that the party is all set to form a government in Karnataka with JD(S).
BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka CM just ahead of the floor test in the house of the Karnataka Assembly.
He had taken oath as CM on Thursday.
In Guwahati, the party leaders and workers celebrated the victory by bursting firecrackers.
They also distributed sweets to the general people and shouted against BJP.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora said: "It is victory of democracy."
"Everyone know how BJP has murdered our constitution, democracy in Karnataka. Under dynamic leadership of Rahul Gandhi, Congress-JD (S) won in Karnataka and BJP's down fall count-down started in the country," Ripun Bora said.
2- day CM Yeddyurappa quits:
BS Yeddyurappa, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka two days ago triggering a firestorm of controversy over the Governor's decision to invite a party without requisite numbers, resigned from the post at the Vidhan Soudha (Assembly) on Saturday,without taking a floor test.
The southern leader made the announcement ahead of the floor test which was scheduled to take place in the house at 4 pm.
The floor test was necessary after the BJP formed the government in the state despite having 104 seats, less than the majority numbers required. Congress and Janata Dal-S the two opposition parties that formed a post result alliance to keep BJP away from power, cried foul play and attempts of horse-trading by the BJP and had moved the Supreme Court which gave BJP just a day to prove its majority on the floor of the house as against 15 days' time by the Governor.
In an emotional address in the Assembly, Yeddyurappa said: "I am not moving this motion. I will go straight away to Raj Bhavan and submit my resignation."
Jubilations broke out in the Congress and JD-S camps immediately after the resignation of Yeddyurappa.
As per the Supreme Court order, the proceedings of the Assembly was telecast live.
Senior BJP MLA K.G. Bopaiah was appointed as the Pro Tem Speaker to oversee the proceedings inside the Assembly during the floor test on Saturday.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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