Union minister Rajnath Singh said the BJP is committed to maintaining the dignity of parliamentary democracy. (PTI File)

Karnataka political crisis echoed in the Lok Sabha on Monday with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh denying any role of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in political turmoil in the state.

The Lok Sabha witnessed uproar over the political crisis in Karnataka on Monday as leader of the Congress Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused the BJP of orchestrating the crisis as soon as the House assembled for the day.

In his reply to the Congress, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the BJP has nothing to do with the crisis in Karnataka.

Our party [BJP] has nothing to do with what is happening in Karnataka. We have never indulged in horse trading, Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha: Our party has nothing to do with what is happening in Karnataka. Our party has never indulged in horse trading. pic.twitter.com/EqdWlBnXi1 ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019

Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh said it was Rahul Gandhi who started the resignation drive. Trend of submitting resignations was started by Rahul Gandhi in Congress, it wasn't started by us. He himself asked people to submit resignations. Even senior leaders are submitting their resignations, Rajnath said.

He added that the party was committed to maintaining the dignity of parliamentary democracy.

KARNATAKA CRISIS

All Congress ministers on Monday resigned to make way for rebel MLAs to save the JD(S)-Congress coalition ruling in Karnataka.

Earlier, Karnataka minister and Independent MLA H Nagesh resigned and withdrew support to the HD Kumaraswamy-led government.

Nagesh, who was recently inducted into the government as small scale industries minister, "unequivocally" extended support to the government of BJP.

The ruling coalition faces the risk of losing its majority if the resignations are accepted.

The JD(S)-Congress coalition's total strength after Nagesh withdrawing his support is 117 (Congress-78, JD(S)-37, BSP-1 and Independents-1), besides the speaker.

With Nagesh’s support, the BJP has 105 MLAs in the House, where the half-way mark is 113. If the resignations of the MLAs are accepted, the coalition's tally will be reduced to 104. The speaker also has a vote.

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