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Guv names 'Yeddy man' Bopaiah to conduct vote

Bengaluru: Senior BJP MLA K G Bopaiah, who as the speaker of the Karnataka Assembly had disqualified 16 MLAs and bailed out the B S Yeddyurappa government ahead of a no-confidence vote in 2010, was on Friday appointed pro-tem speaker by Governor Vajubhai Vala to conduct the crucial floor test.
In the evening, the Congress-JD (S) combine approached the Supreme Court challenging Vala's decision. According to sources, the petition was placed before a registrar of the apex court but some defects were pointed out in the plea. "Some defects have been pointed out to us and we are curing those defects," one lawyer said.
The SC will hear the petition at 10:30 am today. He said they have questioned the Governor's decision, as BJP MLA Bopaiah was not the senior-most legislature and the Governor should not have appointed him as the pro tem (temporary) Speaker. Pro tem is a Latin phrase which best translates to for the time being or temporary. Usually, the seniormost member is selected for this post.
Bopaiah was the Karnataka Assembly speaker from 2009 to 2013. The Supreme Court had in 2011 quashed Bopaiah's decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no-confidence motion which had ensured the survival of the Yeddyurappa government.
The SC had then said that basic constitutional values and principles of natural justice were not observed by Bopaiah in disqualifying the 11 rebel BJP and five independent legislators.
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