Karnataka BJP to set up committee to identify cross voters

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsStung by unexpected cross-votingfrom its flock in the Presidential poll, the ruling BJP inKarnataka today said it has decided to form a committee to gointo the issue that has again brought out the simmeringfactionalism in the state unit."There are doubts that 14 BJP MLAs have cross voted. Wewill soon set up a committee to probe the matter and identifythose who indulged in it", Chief Minister Jagadish Shettartold reporters on the sidelines of a function here.The party had taken the issue "seriously", Shettar said,a day after the Presidential polls, in which UPA candidatePranab Mukherjee received 117 votes in the state while NDAbacked P A Sangma mustered 103 votes in the 224-memberAssembly. Three votes were invalid while one MLA did not vote.Mukherjee had a pledged support 98 MLAs -- 71 fromCongress and 27 from JD(S) -- but he managed to secure 19more. Sangma polled 103 votes, though BJP has 119 MLAs.Shettar said the state unit party President K SEswarappa, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister, hasannounced a committee into the cross-voting and action wouldbe taken after getting its report.He, however, refused to comment whether the BJP willissue a whip to its members during the voting on finance billsin the on-going assembly budget session to avert a similarsituation.Shettar who only recently took over as Chief Ministerfrom D V Sadananda Gowda after renewed dissidence, is himselfnow facing rebellion by a section of MLAs who are unhappy overdenial of ministerial berths to them.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];_taboola.push({mode: 'thumbnails-mid-article',container: 'taboola-mid-article-thumbnails',placement: 'Mid Article Thumbnails',target_type: 'mix'});
let eventFire = false;
window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
if (window.taboolaInt && !eventFire) {
setTimeout(() => {
ga('send', 'event', 'Mid Article Thumbnails', 'PV');
ga('set', 'dimension22', "Taboola Yes");
}, 4000);
eventFire = true;
}
});
 
window._taboola = window._taboola || [];_taboola.push({mode: 'thumbnails-a', container: 'taboola-below-article-thumbnails', placement: 'Below Article Thumbnails', target_type: 'mix' });Latest News