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In July 2019, several government [[Members of the Legislative Assembly|members]] of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] in [[India]] submitted their resignations to the speaker, which led to the fall of the then [[United Progressive Alliance]] [[Second H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry|government]] in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20190715-karnataka-rebel-rousing-in-the-congress-1562059-2019-07-05|title=Rebel-rousing in the Congress|last=Gowda|first=Aravind|date=5 July 2019|work=India Today|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="july-1-resignation">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/karnataka-crisis-congress-steps-up-efforts-to-persuade-mla-to-withdraw-resignation-from-assembly/articleshow/70216118.cms|title=Karnataka crisis: Congress steps up efforts to persuade MLA to withdraw resignation from assembly|date=14 July 2019|work=Times of India|access-date=15 July 2019|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

{{Infobox event|date=July 2019|place=[[Karnataka]], [[India]]|type=Parliamentary crisis|cause=Resignation of 17 government MLAs|outcome=* Fall of [[H.D. Kumaraswamy]] government <br/>
* [[B. S. Yediyurappa]] sworn in as new [[Chief Minister of Karnataka|Chief Minister]]|participants=* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br/>
* [[Indian National Congress]] <br/>
* [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]}}

==Background==
In the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2018 elections]] to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]], the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the most seats—104,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/who-should-get-first-call-to-form-govt-in-karnataka-jurys-out/articleshow/64182765.cms|title=Who should get first call to form govt in Karnataka? Jury's out|date=16 May 2018|work=Times of India|agency=TNN (Times News Network)}}</ref> but the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] (INC) and [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] formed a coalition government with 120 out of 224 seats.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-2018/from-results-to-resort-politics-how-karnataka-formed-its-government/article23960753.ece|title=From results to resort politics: how Karnataka formed its government|date=May 2018|work=The Hindu|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> In the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]], the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|BJP-led NDA]] won 26 out of 28 seats in [[Karnataka]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/karnataka-election-results-live-updates-highlights/article27210206.ece|title=As it happened {{!}} Karnataka Lok Sabha results 2019: highlights|date=23 May 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-15|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> while the [[United Progressive Alliance|INC-led UPA]] won two.

==Resignations==
On 1 July, two members, [[Ramesh Jarkiholi]] and [[Anand Singh (Karnataka politician)|Anand Singh]] of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]], submitted their resignations.<ref name="july-1-resignation" /> Over the next few days, 10 Congress and 3 JD(S) MLAs resigned.<ref name="outlook">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-serious-threat-from-congress-leaders-no-intention-of-meeting-them-rebel-karnataka-mlas-tell-police/334209|title="Serious threat" From Congress Leaders, No Intention Of Meeting Them: Rebel Karnataka MLAs Tell Police|date=15 July 2019|work=Outlook India|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

The reaction of the coalition government was to attempt to convince the MLAs who had submitted their resignations to rescind them.<ref name="outlook" /> Many of the MLAs fled to [[Mumbai]], and directed the police not to permit Congress leaders to meet them.<ref name="outlook" /> The government also attempted to induce the MLAs to return by offering them cabinet posts; all 21 Congress ministers resigned on 8 July to ensure that a sufficient number of ministerial berths were available.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/all-21-karnataka-congress-ministers-resign-to-make-way-for-new-cabinet/article28318628.ece|title=All 21 Karnataka Congress Ministers resign to make way for new Cabinet|date=2019-07-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=15 July 2019|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It also requested that the speaker should disqualify those who had resigned under anti-defection legislation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/karnataka-crisis-congress-seeks-disqualification-of-rebel-mlas-one-more-quits/articleshow/70144523.cms|title=Karnataka crisis: Congress seeks disqualification of rebel MLAs; one more quits|date=9 July 2019|work=Times of India|access-date=16 July 2019|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

The speaker, [[K. R. Ramesh Kumar|K.R. Ramesh Kumar]], did not immediately accept the resignations, on the grounds that he was constitutionally obliged to scrutinise them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-political-crisis-live-updates-july-11-2019/article28367385.ece|title=Karnataka political crisis updates: Need to ensure resignations are genuine and voluntary, says the Speaker|date=11 July 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> Consequently, some of those who had submitted their resignations approached the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]], which on 12 July agreed to hear the case on 16 July, whilst ordering the speaker not to disqualify any lawmakers or take any other action in this connection.<ref name="business-standard">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/sc-directs-status-quo-in-karnataka-mla-resigning-case-next-hearing-july-16-119071200788_1.html|title=SC directs status quo in Karnataka MLA resigning case, next hearing July 16|last=Aryan|first=Aashish|date=2019-07-12|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>

At the 16 July hearing, Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for the MLAs who had submitted their resignations, said that the speaker should be ordered to rule immediately on the resignations.<ref name="telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/speaker-should-decide-now-on-resignations-karnataka-mlas-tell-supreme-court/cid/1694585|title=Speaker should 'decide now' on resignations, Karnataka MLAs tell Supreme Court|date=16 July 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=16 July 2019|agency=Press Trust of India|location=Calcutta}}</ref> Rohatgi argued that disqualification was a "mini-trial", and so a decision on the resignations should take priority over one on disqualification.<ref name="telegraph" /> Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared for the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]], argued that the MLAs never met the speaker, and so the speaker should rule on their disqualifications first.<ref name="et">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karnataka-crisis-live-news-updates-kumaraswamy-yeddyurappa-supreme-court/liveblog/70239740.cms|title=Karnataka crisis live: speaker says working as per Constitution, Supreme Court order tomorrow|date=16 July 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=16 July 2019}}</ref> [[Ranjan Gogoi]], the [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]], said that the court would have to balance two competing claims: first, the excuse of resignation could not be used to circumvent anti-defection measures; but, second, claims of defection should not be used to prevent resignation.<ref name="et" /> He also said that the court would have to consider the extent to which it is permitted to issue directions to holders of other constitutional posts, such as that of the speaker of the assembly.<ref name="telegraph" />

===Members responsible for the Crisis===
14 [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and 3 [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]] MLAs were responsible for the political crisis. 1 [[Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party|KPJP]] MLA also left the coalition government. After some days, one of the legislator from [[Indian National Congress|INC]], [[Ramalinga Reddy]], withdrew his resignation.{{fact|date=January 2020}}

===List of members who took back resignation===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SI No.
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan=2| Party
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|1.
|[[B.T.M Layout (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|BTM Layout]]
|[[Ramalinga Reddy]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

===List of Disqualified Members===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! S.No
! Constituency
! Member
! colspan=2| Party
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|1.
|[[Kagwad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kagawad]]
|[[Shrimant Balasaheb Patil]]
| rowspan="13" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="13"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|2.
|[[Krishnarajapuram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnarajapuram]]
|[[Byrati Basavaraj]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|3.
|[[Rajarajeshwarinagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajarajeshwari Nagar]]
|[[Munirathna]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|4.
|[[Yeshvanthapura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yeshvanthapura]]
|[[S. T. Somashekhar]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|5.
|[[Gokak (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gokak]]
|[[Ramesh Jarkiholi]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|6.
|[[Shivajinagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Shivajinagar]]
|[[R. Roshan Baig]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|7.
|[[Vijay Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Vijayanagara]]
|[[Anand Singh (Karnataka politician)|Anand Singh]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|8.
|[[Hosakote (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hoskote]]
| [[M. T. B. Nagaraju]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|9.
|[[Hirekerur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hirekerur]]
|[[B. C. Patil]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|10.
|[[Athani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Athani]]
|[[Mahesh Kumathalli]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|11.
|[[Athani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maski]] (ST)
|[[Pratap Gowda Patil]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|12.
|[[Chikkaballapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chikkaballapur]]
| Dr. [[K. Sudhakar (politician)|K. Sudhakar]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|13.
|[[Yellapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Yellapur]]
|[[Arbail Shivaram Hebbar]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|14.
|[[Mahalakshmi Layout (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahalakshmi Layout]]
|[[K. Gopalaiah]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3"|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|15.
|[[Krishnarajpete (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnarajpet]]
|[[Narayana Gowda]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|16.
|[[Hunasuru (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hunsur]]
|[[Adagur H. Vishwanath]]
|-style="text-align:center; height:30px;"
|17.
|[[Ranebennur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranebennur]]
|[[R. Shankar (politician)|R. Shankar]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party]]
|}

==Reaction and conclusion==

Congress members in the [[Rajya Sabha]] forced adjournments twice in protest,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Das|first=Shaswati|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/karnataka-crisis-disrupts-rajya-sabha-proceedings-1562655152513.html|title=Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over Karnataka crisis|date=9 July 2019|work=Livemint|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> alleging bribery on the part of the BJP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-buying-mlas-in-karnataka-surjewala/articleshow/70107159.cms|title=BJP 'buying' MLAs in Karnataka|date=6 July 2019|work=Times of India|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> The BJP demanded that the government should resign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/karnataka-political-crisis-bjp-demands-kumaraswamy-s-resignation-1564352-2019-07-08|title=Karnataka crisis: 21 Congress ministers resign; BJP wants Kumaraswamy to step down|date=8 July 2019|work=India Today|access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref>

Eventually the Congress-JD(S) coalition was reduced to 101 seats, whilst the BJP retained 105. After 3 weeks of turmoil, HD Kumarasamy lost a trust vote and resigned. On 26 July 2019, [[B.S. Yediyurappa]] was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka once again.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:silver;"|'''Vote of confidence'''
|-
! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" | Head Count →
! 23 July 2019
|-
! style="width:1px; background:green;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Yes
|{{Composition bar|099|206|green|width=125px}}
|-
! style="background:red;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | No
|{{Composition bar|105|206|red|width=125px|}}
|-
! style="background:gray;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Could not attend
|{{Composition bar|002|206|gray|width=125px}}
|-
| colspan="03" style="text-align:centre;" | '''Government resigend thereafter'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
* [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly By-election]]
* [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis]]
* [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis]]
* [[2015 Bihar political crisis]]

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