News18 Daybreak | Yediyurappa Set for Today's Floor Test With an Advantage and Other Stories You Need to Watch Out For

Karnataka

BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday, had announced that he would seek trust vote of his government today.

Ahead of a trust vote in the assembly, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that he was confident of proving majority in the house. "On Monday, I will prove my majority 100%," he told reporters in Bengaluru.

On Sunday, Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 more Congress-JD(S) rebel lawmakers under the anti-defection law, taking the total number of disqualified legislators to 17. The disqualifications will not have any direct impact on the trust vote today.

The effective strength of the 224-member assembly excluding the Speaker, who will cast vote in case of a tie, is 207. The magic figure required will be 104.

BJP, along with the support of one independent, has 106 members, Congress 66 (including nominated), JD(S) 34 and one BSP member, who has been expelled by the party for not voting for the HD Kumaraswamy's government during the trust vote.

 

Vijay Mallya

Fugitive liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the confiscation of properties owned by him and his relatives.

In the petition, Vijay Mallya has said that no other properties other than that of Kingfisher Airlines, facing cases of alleged irregularities, should be seized

On July 11, the Bombay High Court had refused to grant stay on proceedings before a special court on confiscation of Vijay Mallya's properties.

The division bench of the court had dismissed an application filed by Vijay Mallya last month, seeking a stay on the proceedings before the special court hearing cases pertaining to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

On January 5 this year, the special court here declared Vijay Mallya a fugitive economic offender. The court then started proceedings for confiscation of his properties. 

 

Vijay Mallya, who is currently in the UK, has been charged by the Enforcement Directorate of defaulting on bank loans to the tune of Rs. 9,000 crore. He is also facing an extradition trial in UK.

 

Unnao

A teenage girl -- who levelled rape allegations against BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar last year -- and her family met with an accident in Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck. The girl is seriously injured and two of her aunts are dead. The girl's lawyer, who was also in the vehicle, has been admitted in hospital with injuries, said his junior Vimal Kumar Yadav. The security detail that the girl was meant to have, was not accompanying her.

Kuldeep Sengar has been in prison for a year over the alleged rape in 2017. The girl has alleged that she was raped by the lawmaker when she went to his Unnao home with a relative, to seek a job.

The case made headlines last year, when the girl, then 16 years old, and her mother, attempted self-immolation outside the house of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on April 8, seeking justice.

The girl's father, who was pursuing her case, died shortly after he was detained by the police and severely beaten, allegedly by Kuldeep Sengar's brother. He had been booked by the police under the Arms Act and been in custody for two days. Frustrated about the police inaction, the girl had attempted self-immolation. Her father died of his injuries the next day.

Kuldeep Sengar -- a four-time legislator who represents Bangermau in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly - and his brother were arrested.

The legislator has been charged with rape and criminal conspiracy by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the case. The CBI has told the court that the girl was raped by the BJP lawmaker around 8 pm on 4 June 2017.