Three days after he was sworn-in as the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday won the crucial trust vote.
After the disqualification of 17 rebels (14 on Sunday and 3 last week) by Karnataka Speaker K R Ramesh, the strength of the House is reduced to 208 (including the Speaker). The magic figure required for a majority is 104.
BJP, along with the support of one Independent MLA, has 106 seats – which placed Yediyurappa on safe ground.
On the eve of the trust vote, the Lingayat strongman said that he will "100 per cent prove majority".
The 14-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the assembly in a climax to a three-week-long intense power struggle.