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The Second H. D. Kumaraswamy ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka, a state in
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headed by
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
that was formed after the
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s. In the
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headed by
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
, the
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was from
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while
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was from
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. Apart from the CM & Deputy CM, there were 32 ministers in the government, but all the 32 ministers resigned from their posts in July 2019 due to political turmoil in Karnataka.


Tenure of the Government

After the 2018 assembly elections,
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emerged as the single largest party with 104 seats, followed by the
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with 78 seats and
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with 37 seats.
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extended the support to
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to form the
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. Governor
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invited
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to form the government and
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was sworn in as the
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. But
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could not prove the majority of his government and resigned after 2 days of being sworn in. After that,
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
of the
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was sworn in as the
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, with the support of
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, BSP, KPJP and
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MLA.
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MLA Dr. G. Parameshwara was sworn in as the
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, along with
Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
. On 6 June 2018, 25 ministers were inducted in the cabinet. In July 2019, 13 MLAs from the
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and 3 MLAs from the
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resigned from the
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, thus pushing the government to a minority. 1 KPJP and 1
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MLA also withdrew their support from the
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and extended their support to
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. The rebel MLAs left
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and camped in a resort in
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. To pacify the disgruntled MLAs, 32 ministers, excluding the
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and
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, resigned from the ministerial posts. On 18 July, Chief Minister
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
moved the trust vote in the house. Finally on 23 July, after 3 days long debate, the trust vote was put for voting, in which 204 members participated in the voting process. The government lost the majority by getting 99 votes, compared to the 105 votes of the
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, after which
Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...
resigned from the post.


Council of Ministers


Former Members

On 8 July 2019, 32 ministers resigned from their posts after the political turmoil in state. But their resignation was not accepted, although the chief minister's office announced that the ministers have resigned.


See also

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Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...
*
2019 Karnataka resignation crisis The 2019 Karnataka political crisis was a period of political instability when members of the legislative assembly in the Indian State of Karnataka submitted their resignations, which led to the fall of the Indian National Congress, Congress-Jana ...


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