BENGALURU: The coalition government of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular fell today, after failing in the floor test in the Karnataka assembly. The coalition got only 99 votes in comparison to the 105 votes, garnered by the BJP.

The BJP, soon after, tweeted that it was the "Game of karma". The demand for trust vote came as 16 legislators resigned and two Independents withdrew support to the government over the last fortnight.

The trust vote -- pending since Friday - was held this evening after a lengthy debate. State capital Bengaluru had been placed under prohibitory orders.

The orders were issued after the northern part of the city witnessed a clash between the Congress and the BJP workers over the two independent lawmakers' withdrawal of support.