Cong loses trust vote and face in Karnataka

BENGALURU: The ruling Congress suffered a setback of as its no-confidence motion against legislative council chairman DH Shankaramurthy of the Bharatiya Janata Party was defeated by one vote. Thirteen MLCs belonging to JD(S) came to the rescue of BJP. JDS(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy said, “Till late Wednesday night, when there was a common opinion to make senior JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horratti the council chairman, Congress resisted it. But in the next day when Congress offers to make Horratti chairperson, we rejected the offer as we have already decided about our course of action.