<p>"The action of honorary Speaker is vindicated by this decision of the High Court. Law has prevailed and justice has been done. This is a victory of sorts against the unholy alliance of the Congress and JD(S) which has miserably failed in destabilising the government," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.<br /><br />The Karnataka High Court upheld Speaker K G Bopaiah's decision disqualifying five independent MLAs who withdrew support to the BJP government in the state ahead of the October 11 trust vote which Yeddyurappa won.<br /><br />The disqualified MLAs had maintained that they were 'Independent' so the anti-defection law did not apply to them but the BJP insisted that they had joined it and attended its legislature party meetings.<br /><br />Along with these five independents, 11 BJP MLAs had also voted against the Yeddyurappa government. They were also suspended by the Speaker.</p>
<p>"The action of honorary Speaker is vindicated by this decision of the High Court. Law has prevailed and justice has been done. This is a victory of sorts against the unholy alliance of the Congress and JD(S) which has miserably failed in destabilising the government," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.<br /><br />The Karnataka High Court upheld Speaker K G Bopaiah's decision disqualifying five independent MLAs who withdrew support to the BJP government in the state ahead of the October 11 trust vote which Yeddyurappa won.<br /><br />The disqualified MLAs had maintained that they were 'Independent' so the anti-defection law did not apply to them but the BJP insisted that they had joined it and attended its legislature party meetings.<br /><br />Along with these five independents, 11 BJP MLAs had also voted against the Yeddyurappa government. They were also suspended by the Speaker.</p>