{"id":7032593,"date":"2026-08-07T21:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/basavaraj-horatti-quits-as-legislative-council-chairman\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:13:33","slug":"basavaraj-horatti-quits-as-legislative-council-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7032593","title":{"rendered":"Basavaraj Horatti quits as Legislative Council Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bengaluru: <\/strong>Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on Friday \u00a0quit as Legislative Council Chairman, following loss of support.<\/p>\n<p>Horatti, who had refused to resign after the Congress gained majority in the Upper House, \u00a0finally yielded after being convinced \u00a0by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad at Bengaluru this morning. The Congress currently \u00a0has a majority with 38 members in the 75-member House. The ruling Congress has 38 members, the BJP 24, JD(S) 6 and others two, with 5 seats vacant. However, Horatti is likely to continue as the caretaker \u00a0Chairman, \u00a0until a new Chairman is formally elected, it is learnt.<\/p>\n<p>Horatti is the senior-most MLC, having got elected from North-West Teachers Constituency for 8 successive terms since 1980.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"f395a495365ea1909e7f1549-text\/javascript\">\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '373816899737314');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"f395a495365ea1909e7f1549-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=1324716764232718\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bengaluru: Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on Friday \u00a0quit as Legislative Council Chairman, following loss of support. Horatti, who had refused to resign after the Congress gained majority in the Upper House, \u00a0finally yielded after being convinced \u00a0by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and KPCC President B.K. Hariprasad at Bengaluru this morning. 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