Kolkata May 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday hailed the Supreme Court order directing a floor test for Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to ascertain majority support to him.
"We have great respect for the verdict of the Supreme Court. We will watch tomorrow s floor test. We the regional parties will decide our next course of action after that " Banerjee tweeted.
The Supreme Court directed a floor test on Saturday to ascertain whether Yeddyurappa enjoys majority support in the 224-member assembly and barred him from taking any policy decisions till then.
Directing the floor test at 4 p.m a bench of Justice A.K. Sikri Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice Ashok Bhushan on Friday said the pro-tem Speaker the senior-most member of the House would administer the newly-elected members their oath and then conduct the floor test.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislature party leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was on Thursday sworn-in as the Chief Minister after the May 12 elections threw up a hung assembly.

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