<p>Fourteen MLAs of Karnataka's ruling coalition are in a place about 90 km from Pune and will wait for the Speaker's decision on their resignations before taking a call on proceeding to Goa or returning to Bengaluru, sources said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The 14 MLAs, at the centre of the crisis in the JD(S)-Congress government, had been staying in a luxury hotel in Mumbai and left on Monday evening for Goa.</p>.<p>But they are presently stationed at a location 90 km from Pune, towards Satara, in Maharashtra, the sources said.</p>.<p>If their resignations are accepted, they may even go back to Bengaluru, they added.</p>.<p>The MLAs -- 10 of the Congress, two of the JD (S) and two Independents -- were to travel to Goa by road, accompanied by Mumbai BJP Yuva Morcha president Mohit Bhartiya, they said.</p>.<p>"The decision on whether to go to Goa will be taken at 3 pm after the Karnataka Assembly Speaker (Ramesh Kumar) takes a call on the resignations of these MLAs. If he accepts the resignations, the MLAs may even go back to Bengaluru," a source said.</p>.<p>Seven more MLAs of the ruling combine from Karnataka are likely to join the 14 legislators later in the day, the source said.</p>.<p>The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature will begin on July 12.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/karnataka-crisis-live-congress-jds-dont-have-majority-strength-request-hdk-to-resign-bs-yeddyurappa-744234.html"><strong>Karnataka crisis LIVE | Congress-JDS don't have majority strength, request HDK to resign: BS Yeddyurappa</strong></a></p>.<p>Maharashtra BJP legislator Prasad Lad had earlier said the 14 MLAs left the luxury hotel in Mumbai where they were staying at 5 pm on Monday.</p>.<p>They were expected to stay at a resort in Goa where arrangements were made for them, the sources said.</p>.<p>The year-old Congress-Janata Dal (S) coalition government in Karnataka is on the brink of collapse after the spate of resignations by the MLAs.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Assembly has 225 members, including one nominated MLA. The halfway mark in the 225-member Assembly is 113.</p>.<p>Before the latest spate of resignations, the Congress had 78 MLAs, the JD(S)-37 and the BJP-105.</p>.<p>The Congress-JD(S) coalition effectively had the support of 119 MLAs in an Assembly.</p>
<p>Fourteen MLAs of Karnataka's ruling coalition are in a place about 90 km from Pune and will wait for the Speaker's decision on their resignations before taking a call on proceeding to Goa or returning to Bengaluru, sources said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The 14 MLAs, at the centre of the crisis in the JD(S)-Congress government, had been staying in a luxury hotel in Mumbai and left on Monday evening for Goa.</p>.<p>But they are presently stationed at a location 90 km from Pune, towards Satara, in Maharashtra, the sources said.</p>.<p>If their resignations are accepted, they may even go back to Bengaluru, they added.</p>.<p>The MLAs -- 10 of the Congress, two of the JD (S) and two Independents -- were to travel to Goa by road, accompanied by Mumbai BJP Yuva Morcha president Mohit Bhartiya, they said.</p>.<p>"The decision on whether to go to Goa will be taken at 3 pm after the Karnataka Assembly Speaker (Ramesh Kumar) takes a call on the resignations of these MLAs. If he accepts the resignations, the MLAs may even go back to Bengaluru," a source said.</p>.<p>Seven more MLAs of the ruling combine from Karnataka are likely to join the 14 legislators later in the day, the source said.</p>.<p>The monsoon session of the Karnataka legislature will begin on July 12.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/liveblog/karnataka-crisis-live-congress-jds-dont-have-majority-strength-request-hdk-to-resign-bs-yeddyurappa-744234.html"><strong>Karnataka crisis LIVE | Congress-JDS don't have majority strength, request HDK to resign: BS Yeddyurappa</strong></a></p>.<p>Maharashtra BJP legislator Prasad Lad had earlier said the 14 MLAs left the luxury hotel in Mumbai where they were staying at 5 pm on Monday.</p>.<p>They were expected to stay at a resort in Goa where arrangements were made for them, the sources said.</p>.<p>The year-old Congress-Janata Dal (S) coalition government in Karnataka is on the brink of collapse after the spate of resignations by the MLAs.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Assembly has 225 members, including one nominated MLA. The halfway mark in the 225-member Assembly is 113.</p>.<p>Before the latest spate of resignations, the Congress had 78 MLAs, the JD(S)-37 and the BJP-105.</p>.<p>The Congress-JD(S) coalition effectively had the support of 119 MLAs in an Assembly.</p>