The Supreme Court had given BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa 24 hours to prove majority in the Karnataka assembly yesterday, which he would be facing today at 4 pm.

The need for a floor test was triggered by the fractured mandate in Karnataka assembly elections earlier this week.

Here's all that you need to know about what's going on as the Karnataka assembly gears up for a floor test

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Both BJP's Yeddyurappa and Congress' Siddaramaiah say they are confident they will be able to prove majority at the floor test in the Karnataka assembly.

The Supreme Court had ordered that a pro tem speaker would take care of the proceedings and take decisions on the issue of the floor test.

Karnataka Governer Vajubhai Vala appointed BJP MLA KG Bopaiah as the pro tem speaker yesterday (May 18) to conduct the floor test.

According to the convention, the senior-most member of the House is chosen as a pro tem speaker. In this scenario, Congress MLA Raghunath Vishvanath Deshpande should have been appointed as the pro tem speaker.

However, Karnataka's Governer Vajubhai Vala appointed BJP MLA KG Bopaiah as the pro tem speaker, following which the Congress moved Supreme Court against the appointment of Bopaiah as the pro tem speaker.

The Supreme Court hearing on the matter started at 10:30 am today.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has announced that there would be a live broadcast of floor test to "ensure transparency of proceedings,".

Adding to trouble, two Congress MLAs -- Anand Singh and Pratap Gowda Patil -- continue to remain missing from the assembly. Former CM Siddaramaiah has alleged that Anand Singh has been abducted. Today, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily claimed both the MLAs "are in captivity,".

After much drama, 'missing' Anand Singh and Pratap Gowda Patil have been traced. They were in Bengaluru's Goldfinch hotel.

'Missing' Congress MLA Pratap Gowda Patil has finally turned up at Vidhana Soudha, and was spotted having lunch with Congress's DK Suresh and Dinesh Gundu Rao.

BS Yeddyurappa is said to have prepared a 13-page long speech to read out in case he the BJP fail to have the numbers and he has to quit.

Anand Singh, the Congress MLA who fellow party leaders claimed was 'abducted' and kept in captivity', has also arrived at the Karnataka assembly.

As the the trust vote began, Yeddyurappa choked up during his speech.

As the the trust vote began, Yeddyurappa choked up during his speech, going on to resign from his freshly-attained position as the chief minister of Karnataka.

Watch the moment B S Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka CM



