BJP’s M K Pranesh elected new Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman
Team Udayavani, Jan 29, 2021, 3:24 PM IST
Bengaluru: BJP MLC M K Pranesh has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday, January 29.
The Vice-Presidential election was contested by M K Pranesh from BJP and K C Kondaiah from Congress.
As Pranesh was backed up by the JD (S) MCLs in the elections, he got 41 votes in his favour whereas Kondaiah got only 24 votes.
A no-confidence motion has already been filed by BJP against the sitting Chairman Prathapchandra Shetty, a Congress MLC.
Due to the lack of numbers in the Council, Prathapchandra is expected to resign soon.
M K Pranesh succeeds late SL Dharma Gowda.
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