Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj has sent a report to the Centre recommending President's rule in the state. Earlier, the BJP government led by B S Yeddyurappa won the confidence motion by voice vote amid chaos. After the passage of one line motion moved by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Speaker K G Bopaiah promptly adjourned the House sine die as the House plunged into total chaos. Later, the opposition Congress and the JD(S) submitted a memorandum to the Governor seeking head count of all Legislatures and the dismissal of the BJP government. AIR correspondent reports that in a day of fast changing developments, before the trust vote, the Speaker disqualified 16 rebel MLAs, including 11 from BJP under the provision of the anti defection law. With this the strength in the 224-member Assembly came down to 208 and 105 became the magic figure to sail through the motion. Despite barred by the Speaker from entering the House, the disqualified MLAs forcibly entered the lounges of the Assembly, foiling police attempts to block them. Later, they moved the Karnataka High Court challenging their disqualification and sought a stay on the Speaker's order. The petition is expected to come up for hearing before a division bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar later in the day. Reacting to the developments, Congress today slammed the way the BJP government in Karnataka won the trust vote, terming it as murder of democracy. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Party spokesperson Manish Tewari alleged that the entire process violated the spirit of the Indian Constitution. The CPI(M) condemned the legislative proceedings as unconstitutional and undemocratic. Quoting the Supreme Court judgement in the Bommai case, the CPI(M) Politburo said, a government has to prove its majority on the floor of the House to continue in office. The BJP President Mr. Nitin Gadkari on the other hand accused the Congress and JD(S) of destabilising the government in Karnataka through pressurising the MLAs and using money power. He said inspite of all this, the Yedyurappa government has won the vote of confidence.