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Retail trade is not a problem but wholesale is: Siddaramaiah on rebel MLAs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Taking a jibe at the politics of defections in karnataka, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said retail 'trade is not a problem but wholesale is'.
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Karnataka trust vote: Speaker takes a dig at politics of defection
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Monday took a dig at the politics of defection in Karnataka and quoted former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to buttress the point.
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July 17 order whittles down power to issue whip: Cong tells SC
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Congress on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking a clarification on its order allowing freedom to 15 rebel Karnataka MLAs from participation in the trial of strength on the floor of the Assembly saying it whittles down the power of a political party to
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Amid trust vote, K'taka Cong MLA admitted into Mumbai hospital following c
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): In Karnataka, the political drama continues to unfold with Congress MLA Shrimant Patil, who was staying with other Congress legislators at the Windflower Prakruthi Resort in Bengaluru being admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on Thursday after he com
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Goa: Congress considers moving court after 10 of its MLAs defected to BJP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 17 (ANI): State Congress president Girish Chodankar on Wednesday said that the party is considering approaching the judiciary after a "proper study" of the manner in which 10 MLAs defected from the party last week.
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Shivakumar warns rebel MLAs of disqualification
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 17 (ANI): Congress' chief troubleshooter in Karnataka, D K Shivakumar on Wednesday warned the Congress-JD(S) rebels of disqualification proceedings against them under the anti-defection law if they did not obey the whip and participate in the proceedings d
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K'taka crisis: Ganesh Hukkeri issues whip to party MLAs, says absentees wi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Amid ongoing political turmoil in Karnataka, Chikkodi MLA and chief whip of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government Ganesh Hukkeri on Thursday issued a whip to party MLAs to attend the Assembly session to pass the finance bill on Friday.
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Opposition parties give notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The opposition parties have given a notice in Rajya Sabha here on Wednesday under Rule 267 to discuss on the issues of 'defections being engineered to dislodge elected governments'.
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Karnataka crisis: Rebel MLAs say they are not joining BJP, lash out at CM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], July 09 (ANI): With Congress demanding their disqualification on grounds of defection and anti-party activities, their rebel legislators from Karnataka on Tuesday said they are still with the party and have not joined the BJP.
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Court refuses to entertain former AAP MLAs' plea relating to anti-defectio
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by two AAP rebel MLAs challenging the jurisdiction of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to initiate the proceedings of disqualification against them under the anti-defection law, for joi
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Delhi HC to hear AAP MLA Bajpai's plea relating to anti-defection proceedi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court will hear on Monday a plea seeking the removal of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel from the adjudication of anti-defection proceedings initiated by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against MLA Anil Bajpai.
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Congress attacks Modi over Karantaka, says horse trading now has a new def
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 7 (ANI) Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of "denigrating democracy by engineering defections" in Karnataka and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the culture of "Aaya Ram Gaya Ram" has attained a new definition and the new word for it is "MODI - Mischievously O
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