We will promulgate anti-cow slaughter ordinance: CM

Bengaluru: With the Karnataka Legislative Council getting adjourned sine die without taking up the contentious anti-cow slaughter bill passed by the Assembly, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday said, the government will promulgate an ordinance to bring it into effect.

The Chief Minister also raised objection over Legislative Council Chairman K Pratapachandra Shetty's decision to adjourn sine die "abruptly", and said that the government had decided to convene the house on Tuesday and also petitioned the Governor in this regard.

Shetty had on Wednesday set aside the BJP's attempt to move a no-confidence motion against him stating that he was taking legal opinion on the matter, and had refused to include it in the agenda citing rules that the subject could be taken up only after 14 days after submission of notice of no- confidence. Shetty was elected as the Chairman of the Council during the Congress-JD(S) coalition government. Currently the ruling BJP is the single largest party in the Council with 31 seats, followed by Congress with 29 seats including the chairman.

The JD(S) has 14 seats and there is one independent. According to sources, the ruling party's move to convene the Council on Tuesday is aimed at taking forward the no-confidence motion against the chairman, with the help of JD(S). "We will promulgate an ordinance (on anti-cow slaughter), you know that in the council the Chairman was not cooperating, so we will be promulgating an ordinance," Yediyurappa told reporters.