The ruling coalition in Karnataka, in danger of collapsing after multiple resignations, will have to prove majority on the floor of the house by 1:30 pm on Friday, the Governor has written to Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. "Prima facie you have lost majority", Governor Vajubhai Vala's letter reads. The governor, on a request from a BJP delegation, had urged the Speaker to consider a trust vote by the end of the day but the Speaker adjourned the assembly till tomorrow despite the BJP insisting on a vote this evening. In protest, the BJP has decided that its lawmakers will spend the night in the assembly.
