BENGALURU: The turbulent tenure of the JD(S)-Congress government came to an end on Tuesday, exactly 14 months after it assumed office, after the coalition lost the trust vote moved by chief minister H D Kumaraswamy 99-105. This brought down the curtains on the 18-day political drama and paved the way for the formation of a BJP government under BS Yeddyurappa.Twenty MLAs, including two independents, 15 rebels and the lone BSP member, stayed away from the vote. The BSP MLA was promptly expelled from the party by Mayawati for ignoring her directive to vote for the ruling coalition.With Kumaraswamy's exit, the JD(S)-Congress combine becomes the fifth coalition government to go before its term in Karnataka, upholding the state's record of entertaining no coalition for its full tenure. Police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC across Bengaluru for two days to ensure there is no untoward incident.Though aware that he did not have the numbers, the CM insisted on a division of votes in a bid to build a case against the 15 rebel MLAs. Both Congress and JD(S) have moved disqualification petitions before speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and the process is expected to get on track once Supreme Court decides on the issue. On Tuesday, the apex court said it would wait and watch before deciding on the pleas linked to the trust vote and issue of party whips.Soon after losing the floor test, Kumaraswamy drove to the Raj Bhavan and submitted his resignation to governor Vajubhai R Vala around 8.40pm. Vala asked Kumaraswamy to continue in office till alternative arrangements are made. Yeddyurappa is expected to stake claim on Wednesday to form the government.The speaker has so far reserved his decision on the resignation of the MLAs and their disqualification. On Tuesday, he met the lawyers of the rebel MLAs who sought four weeks’ time to appear before him. KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao said: “Our advocate has argued on our behalf before the speaker on the disqualification petition. These members who have betrayed us will stand to get disqualified. It is a fit case for the anti-defection law to apply.”Former Congress MP VS Ugrappa said the Congress-JD(S) rebels gave up the party’s membership and have placed evidence in front of the speaker. “There are eight petitions in which 16 MLAs are involved. The speaker issued a notice to all rebels stating that there will be a final hearing to the disqualification issue. On behalf of them, some of the advocates appeared and made arguments that disqualification petitions are not maintainable,” said Ugrappa.