Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Wednesday elected as the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker. Vileshweshwar replaced KR Ramesh Kumar who resigned from the post on Monday after BJP won Confidence motion in the Assembly.
He filed his nomination for the post yesterday along with Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.
Vishweshwar Hedge is a six-time legislator from Sirsi Assembly seat and served as state education minister. He began his political career with BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad, and first entered the Karnataka Assembly in 1994 from Ankola Assembly seat.
He retained the same seat till 2008, however, after delimitation in 2008. He shifted to Sirsi Assembly Seat and entered the Karnataka Assembly thrice from there – 2008, 2012 and 2017.
Karnataka: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has been elected as the #Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker. pic.twitter.com/nc1aFmgowk
— ANI (@ANI) July 31, 2019
Earlier on Monday, Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar tendered his resignation from the post after holding Confidence motion moved by the new Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, which was passed smoothly by voice vote.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran leader BS Yeddyurappa on Friday took oath as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka three days almost Congress-JDS coalition government collapsed after facing defeat in the trust vote in Assembly. He had on Monday also won the confidence motion in the Assembly.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government fell last week after it suffered a defeat in the floor test of the assembly.
With 20 MLAs defying the party whip and were absent for the floor test, the strength of the 225-member Karnataka Assembly was reduced to 204 with 103 as the halfway mark for a simple majority. JD-S and Congress with 99 votes got defeated by BJP’s 105 votes.
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