CM Yeddyurappa responded over SC verdict

Bengaluru, May 18: As we know that, Supreme court has ordered BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to prove its majority at 4 pm tomorrow.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa expressed confidence that he will prove the majority during the floor test at 4pm on Saturday. "We will prove majority, we are going abide by the order of SC. Tomorrow we will call assembly session," he said.

The SC was hearing a petition filed by the Congress-JD(S) combine in Karnataka against the decision of Governor Vajubhai Vala to invite BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to form the government.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala had controversially given Mr. Yeddyurappa 15 days to prove his majority.

The BJP is eight members short of the 112-majority mark in Karnataka but was invited by the Governor instead of the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular combine, which has 116 members.

Amid fear of defection, the Congress-JDS combine has moved around 116 lawmakers to Hyderabad.