Bengaluru, July 17 (TIWN) Buoyed by the Supreme Court's favourable order on their joint petitions to abstain from the Assembly, 15 Karnataka rebel legislators of the ruling Congress-JD-S allies said on Wednesday they would not attend the session on Thursday (July 18) for the trust vote by beleaguered Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.

Kumaraswamy government is now on a clock to placate the rebel MLAs as the speaker has set Thursday 11 am as the time for the trust vote in Karnataka Assembly. The BJP had also moved a no confidence motion, but the speaker allowed the trust vote as the motion was moved first by the CM.