Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to allow 17 disqualified Congress-JDS MLAs to contest ensuing by-polls in the state and asked to wait till evening to see if they join the Bharatiya Jant
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs to contest upcoming Assembly by-polls in Karnataka and said that they cannot hold any post till they are re-elected, said lawyer Sandeep Patil.
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Wednesday said that the verdict of the Supreme Court to allow the 17 disqualified MLAs in Karnataka to contest the upcoming bye-elections is an indictment of the former Karnataka speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the decision of the then Karnataka speaker K R Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs under the anti-defection law and said that they can contest the upcoming by-elections in the state.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): In the wake of the upcoming by-elections in Karnataka, Congress leaders on Monday held a meeting here to discuss strategy and candidates for the respective seats.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 10 : Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and BK Hariprasad along with other party leaders on Sunday held a meeting at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office, to discuss campaign strategy for upcoming by-polls in the state.
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced its candidates for by-polls to three assembly constituencies in West Bengal and one in Uttarakhand, scheduled to be held on November 25.
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): Congress on Saturday announced names of candidates for the by-elections to the Kaliaganj (SC) and Kharagpur Sadar legislative assembly constituencies in West Bengal.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Calling violence "anti-democratic", West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar on Wednesday said that those who engage in violence during elections are the worst enemy of democracy.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct 27 (ANI): Along with other Congress leaders, former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday chalked out a plan regarding preparations for the upcoming Assembly by-polls in Karnataka.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Oct 26 (ANI): All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday dismissed any possibility of forming an alliance with the Congress, whose candidate was defeated in the recent by-elections by his party.