President's Rule was reim posed in Karnataka on Tuesday following the fall of the BJP-JD(S) government in the state headed by Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa. An early morning meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just before he left for the Asean summit in Singapore, took the decision. President Pratibha Patil signed the proclamation bringing the state under Central rule later in the day. The Karnataka Assembly has been kept under suspended animation for the time being, pending ratification of the proclamation under Article 356 by Parliament. Immediately after that the Assembly is likely to be dissolved.
The Union home ministry issued the proclamation imposing President's Rule in Karnakata shortly after receiving a report from Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur. The Centre's action comes a day after the first-ever BJP government in the South collapsed after the Janata Dal (Secular) decided on Monday to vote against a government it had earlier pledged to support in a confidence vote in the Assembly.
Information and broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who is also parliamentary affairs minister, said the Union government would seek the approval of Parliament for the proclamation under Article 356 and later.