Published 21:26 IST, July 23rd 2019

Karnataka: As Kumaraswamy's government falls, Congress goes on 'death of democracy' overdrive and attacks BJP

The Congress outside of Karnataka has offered its first response over the dramatic events that were witnessed in the Karnataka assembly on Tuesday where the HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS coalition government finally fell after a protracted saga.

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Karnataka: As Kumaraswamy's government falls, Congress goes on 'death of democracy' overdrive and attacks BJP

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The Congress outside of Karnataka has offered its first response over the dramatic events that were witnessed in the Karnataka assembly on Tuesday where the HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS coalition government finally fell after a protracted saga.

Taking to Twitter, Sanjay Nirupam wrote:

"In Karnataka, the BJP's thirst for power has murdered democracy.

A democratically-elected government was threatened, defrauded and enticed with money to sway them.

The MLAs were stolen & hidden. Parliamentary tradition was abused. This is a sin.

One day the levee of sins will break."

कर्नाटक में अंततः #BJP की सत्ता की हवश ने लोकतंत्र की हत्या कर दी।
लोकतांत्रिक रूप से चुनी हुई एक बहुमत सरकार को छल,कपट और पैसे के बल पर अल्पमत में लाया गया।
विधायक चुराए गए,छुपाए गए।असंसदीय परंपरा नग्न नृत्य हुआ।
यह पाप है।
एक दिन पाप का घड़ा फूटना है।#karnatakavotetrust
— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) July 23, 2019

This came even as former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah threatened the MLAs who had resigned:

I would like to reaffirm that those who have fallen for Operation Kamala will never be inducted back to our party.

Even if the sky is falling down!!@INCKarnataka
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 23, 2019

Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal who had been dispatched on multiple occasions to attempt to steady the ship wrote:

The subversion of coalition government in Karnataka carried out by the BJP is one of the most heinous political horse tradings the country has ever witnessed. It was done by the nefarious joint efforts of the Central Govt, Governor, State Govt of Maharashtra & BJP leadership 1/n
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

BJP facilitated this dirty-dealing political drama by offering a huge amount of black money and ministerial berths to the defected MLAs. Along with this, the BJP also misused central agencies like enforcement and Income Tax for black mailing and horse trading. 2/n
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

BJP has carried out one of the biggest political subversion and hawala transaction to destabilize the coalition government in Karnataka. Video evidences of BJP leaders offering money to the defected MLAs for destabilising the coalition government 3/n
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

..and carrying out political horse trading has been raised even in the legislative assembly. The Congress party and JD(S) fought in the floor of the house, Honourable Supreme Court as well as in the street to upheld the democratic morals and values. 4/n
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

All MLAs who stood with the party and workers who fought for upholding political morality in the state deserve a huge respect. Although BJP could get an upper hand in the legislative assembly in terms of the number of MLAs, the Congress-JD(S) had earned the moral victory. 5/n
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

The Congress party will hold nation wide protests against the immoral political destabilization carried out by the BJP. 6/6
— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) July 23, 2019

Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi who had played a big role in the government's formation during an overnight hearing in the Supreme Court in May 2018 tweeted:

"The Congress-JDS government may have fallen but the BJP showed today that to achieve power there is no level to which they won't fall. A black day for Democracy."

भले ही आज #Congress #JDS सरकार गिर गई हो लेकिन #BJP ने यह दिखा दिया कि सत्ता प्राप्ति के लिए उनके गिरने और गिराने की कोई सीमा नहीं है | लोकतंत्र के लिए काला दिन | #KarnatakaTrustVote #HDKumaraswamy #KarnatakaFloorTest #Karnataka
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) July 23, 2019

The HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS coalition government fell on Tuesday after losing the trust vote which was finally allowed to happen, weeks after over a dozen coalition MLAs mass-resigned.

Following delaying tactics over the last several days, with numerous MLAs still stationed in Mumbai and the Supreme Court also hearing pleas seeking to compel the Karnataka Speaker to conduct the trust vote, the Kumaraswamy government managed just 99 votes in the assembly versus the BJP's 105. 3 MLAs abstained from voting, as did 15 rebels in the 223-member house.

Kumaraswamy has tendered his resignation, while the BJP, which now has the numbers, is likely to stake claim to forming a government in the state.

20:52 IST, July 23rd 2019

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Karnataka: As Kumaraswamy's government falls, Congress goes on 'death of democracy' overdrive and attacks BJP

The Congress outside of Karnataka has offered its first response over the dramatic events that were witnessed in the Karnataka assembly on Tuesday where the HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JDS coalition government finally fell after a protracted saga.

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