New Delhi, October 9
Karnataka was tonight brought under President’s rule after collapse of the JD(S)-BJP coalition government with a Presidential proclamation that kept the state Assembly in suspended animation.

President Pratibha Patil signed the declaration under Article 356 soon after the union cabinet recommended imposition of Central rule and suspension of the House pending Parliament’s approval of the proclamation, home ministry sources said.

They said the proclamation to this effect would be issued by the ministry.

The stage for imposition of President’s rule in the state was set last night when Governor Rameshwar Thakur recommended the measure after Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy resigned on being bluntly told by him that he did not have the required numbers to win a floor test. The decision was taken at a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. — PTI