Karnataka floor test tomorrow: Yeddyurappa says 100% confident; top updates

The Supreme Court reduced the 15-day window the BJP had been given by Governor Vajubhai Vala to prove its majority in the House and ordered that Yeddyurappa face a floor test on Saturday itself

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BS Web Team New Delhi

Last Updated : May 18 2018 | 1:53 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) B S Yeddyurappa, sworn in as Karnataka chief minister a day before, on Friday said he would obey the Supreme Court’s direction to face a floor test at 4 pm on Saturday. He was confident that he would be able to prove a majority, he added.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court reduced the 15-day window the BJP had been given by Governor Vajubhai Vala to prove its majority in the House and ordered that Yeddyurappa face a floor test on Saturday itself. The court was hearing the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) combine's plea challenging

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