Bengaluru: The Congress-JDS government in Karnataka collapsed on Monday after the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was defeated in the assembly, ending his 14-month long turbulent tenure. Kumaraswamy soon tendered his resignation letter to Governor Vajubhai Vala. The governor accepted his resignation, requesting him to continue as the caretaker CM until an alternative arrangement is made.

Capping a three-week long high-voltage intense power struggle triggered by a raft of resignations by rebel lawmakers, that pushed the government to the brink of collapse, the motion was defeated with 99 members voting for the motion and 105 against it. Twenty one MLAs — 17 Congress-JDS, one BSP, two Independents — skipped the proceedings, reducing the effective strength of the House to 204. The magic figure required was 103.