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Karnataka crisis: Rebel Cong MLA Nagraj softens stand, may return to his p
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): Congress on Saturday further mounted its efforts to woo back its MLAs even as five more dissident legislators approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to accept their resignation and not proceed to disqualify
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SC orders status quo on rebel Karnataka MLAs plea on resignation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 12 (ANI): In a new twist in the Karnataka political stalemate, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a status quo until Tuesday on a plea filed by 10 dissident MLAs of Congress and JD(S) seeking a direction to the Assembly Speaker to accept their resignation and not
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Dissident MLAs meet Karnataka Assembly Speaker after Supreme Court order
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): The political stalemate in Karnataka continued with 10 dissident MLAs meeting Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday and tendering their resignations which he said he will consider to his 'satisfaction' whether they are genuine and volunta
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Have confidence that good sense will prevail and MLAs will not leave party
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka), July 11 (ANI): Congress leader and Karnataka Irrigation Minister D K Shivakumar, who is back in Bengaluru after a failed trip to Mumbai to meet and placate the rebel MLAs staying there, on Thursday expressed his optimism that "good sense will prevail" and the dissiden
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DK Shivakumar mulls legal action after being denied entry to Mumbai hotel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress leader and Karnataka Irrigation minister DK Shivakumar, who on Wednesday was prevented by Maharashtra police from entering the Mumbai hotel where dissident rebels were staying, said that he is considering legal options.
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Karnataka MLAs in Mumbai should return immediately: Milind Deora
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 10 (ANI): Congress leader Milind Deora, who joined party colleague DK Shivakumar in trying to pacify rebel Karnataka legislators, appealed to all the dissidents to return to their state and resolve the issues through constitutional means.
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Yeddyurappa urges Governor to ask Speaker to accept MLA resignations
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, former chief minister and BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa met the Governor on Wednesday and urged him to advise the Speaker to accept the resignations of the dissident MLAs.
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Yeddyurappa meets Speaker, urges him to accept resignation of dissident ML
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): A BJP delegation led by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa met Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar here on Wednesday and urged him to accept the resignations of the dissident MLAs from Congress and JD-S.
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Trouble deepens for Congress-JD(S) coalition, two Independent ministers re
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI): Trouble for the coalition government in Karnataka deepened on Monday with two ministers, who are independent MLAs, resigning from the ministry and withdrawing support to the Kumaraswamy government even as all the Congress and JD(S) ministers resig
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Karnataka crisis: BJP leader Yeddyurappa's PA seen escorting rebel leaders
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI): Despite the BJP denying having any role in the current political turmoil in the state, sources on Monday said that BS Yeddyurappa's Personal Assistant (PA) Santosh was seen escorting the dissident Congress MLAs from a private hotel on UB Road to S
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Karnataka Independent MLA H Nagesh reaches Mumbai hotel
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): Karnataka Minister and Independent legislator H Nagesh, who resigned from the state cabinet on Monday, reached the hotel, where other dissident Karnataka MLAs are currently lodged.
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Coalition crisis continues in Karnataka, one more minister quits
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 8 (ANI): The political crisis in Karnataka deepened on Monday with a minister resigning and withdrawing support to the Kumaraswamy government even as Congress made last-ditch attempts by making 21 ministers to resign in a bid to woo dissidents back with
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