BJP will win trust vote: Javadekar

Soon after the apex court set a Saturday deadline, the BJP on Friday expressed confidence of winning the trust vote in Karnataka.

“BJP is ready and confident of winning trust vote in Karnataka. We will prove our majority on the floor of the House,” Union Minister Prakash Javadekar, who is also party in-charge of Karnataka, tweeted.

This was the first official response from the party after the apex court ordered the trust vote at 4 pm on Saturday. The Supreme Court order came as a jolt to Governor Vajubhai Vala who gave 15 days to

B S Yeddyurappa, who was sworn in as chief minister on Thursday, to prove the majority. The BJP has been in touch with some MLAs of the Congress and the JD(S)-BSP, which formed a post-poll alliance. The BJP would look for cross-overs or at least abstentions to bring down the majority mark.