* Rahul lashes out at BJP in fiery press conference

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BS Yeddyurappa

resigns ahead of the floor test

* CM BS Yeddyurappa addresses the assembly

* Missing Congress MLAs take oath as MLAs

Karnataka Congress says all their MLAs will be present for the vote

* Congress releases an audio tape of CM Yeddyurappa purportedly luring an MLA

* Karnataka assembly session begins

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Congress welcomes SC's decision, says live telecast will bring fairness

* KG Bopaiah to stay pro-tem speaker: SC

* Congress and JD(S) MLAs return to Bengaluru

* Heavy security around Vidhana Soudha

* Awaiting governor's invite, says JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on being asked when he will take oath as chief minister."People saw how BJP MLAs left the House before national anthem was played. It shows they don't respect institutions," says Congress chief Rahul Gandhi."People have blessed us with 104 seats. The mandate wasn't for Congress or JD(S)," the CM said ahead of the floor test.Congress MLAs Anand Singh and Pratap Gowda Patil, who were said to be missing, take oath as MLAas in Karnataka's Vidhana Soudha.Congress leader DK Shivakumar said MLAs of his party would be present in the Karnataka Assembly where the BJP government led by CM Yeddyurappa faces a crucial trust vote."Two Congress legislators Pratapgouda Patil and Anand Singh are yet to join us in the House. We are in touch with them and they will be joining us soon for the trust vote," Shivakumar told reporters at the state secretariat building.The Congress released an audio tape where Chief Minister Yeddyurappa is purportedly heard trying to lure an MLA with the promise of a ministerial berth if he backed the BJP government during the trust vote.Following the SC's decision, the special session of the Karnataka assembly began this morning.The session started with the singing of the national song, Vande Mataram, following which pro-tem speaker KG Bopaiah welcomed and congratulated the members elected to the 15th Assembly and started administering the oath to them."The first and basic object of our application was to establish transparent norm for a trust vote and it will be ensured by releasing the live feed simultaneously in some local channels," Singhvi said while addressing the media outside the Supreme Court.“There was no way of postponing the trust vote, hence we agreed to proceed with Bopaiah as the pro tem Speaker,” he added.Disposing off an application by the Congress and the JD(S) questioning Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's decision to appoint KG Bopaiah as the pro-tem speaker in the assembly, the Supreme Court said he will remain the interim speaker and there will be a live telecast of the assembly proceedings at 4 pm when chief minister BS Yeddyurappa takes a floor test.The court also noted that several regional channels will be provided with live feeds for the telecast.The Congress and JD(S) MLAs who were camping at a hotel in Hyderabad fearing alleged attempts of poaching by the BJP came back to the city this morning.As per the directions of the apex court, the police have made massive security arrangements in and around the Vidhana Soudha, the seat of state legislature, for the smooth conduct of the floor test.Public entry to the Vidhana Soudha has been restricted and officials and staff of the Secretariat are being allowed to enter the premises after thorough checks. The city police also imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), prohibiting assembly of five or more persons 1 km in and around the secretariat to maintain law and order for the day-long session.