The petition signed by two ruling party MLAs -- Beluru Gopalakrishna and M V Nagaraju -- was submitted to the Secretary of the Legislative Assembly, P Omprakasha. Speaker K G Bopaiah was not present.
"We have filed the petition on anti-party activities of the 12 MLAs in the last two-three months and requested their disqualification", Gopalakrishana told reporters, adding, a CD and documents on their 'anti-party' activities was submitted along with the petition.
Last Thursday, 13 BJP MLAs loyal to Yeddyurappa, chief of the recently launched Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), went to the Speaker's office to submit their resignations from the Assembly but could not do so as Bopaiah was out of station.
They then trooped into the Raj Bhavan and appealed to Governor H R Bhardwaj to intervene and ensure that their resignations are accepted by the Speaker. Later, the 13 sent their resignations to Bopaiah by e-mail.
Two MLAs -- Thippeswamy and Vittala Katakadonda (who were part of the 13 MLAs who wanted to resign last Thursday) -- did not figure in the list of 12 MLAs submitted to the Speaker's office. But the name of Sunil Valyapure, who the KJP claimed had also resigned taking their grouping's strength to 14, was included. MORE
