The new protem speaker of Karnataka assembly, K G Bopaiah has been 4 times BJP MLA from Virajpet in Kodagu. He has served as speaker during BSY’s tenure, was instrumental in saving the BJP govt when BSY faced imminent loss of trust motion in 2010-11

In October 2010, 11 BJP MLAs including Balachandra Jarakiholi, Belur Gopalkrishna, & S K Bellubbi along with 5 independents(including Gulihatti Shekhar who is now a BJP MLA) who had been dropped from the cabinet had rebelled against BSY & had withdrawn their support to Govt!

BJP had won 110 seats in 2008 & had formed the govt with the help of 6 ind MLAs(5 of them were made ministers). But by Oct-08, BJP’s strength had risen to 121 due to ‘Operation Kamala’. The ind MLAs were dropped from cabinet. These along with disgruntled BJP MLAs staged a coup!