Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 25 (ANI): Two days after JD(S)-Congress coalition government lost its trust vote, Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday announced the disqualification of independent MLA R Shankar, who had resigned from the Congress party.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 25 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that he is still looking into the resignations submitted by rebel MLAs belonging to Congress and JD(S).
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed two Independent Karnataka MLAs to withdraw their petition with respect to the floor test in the Assembly after the Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 24 (ANI): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Dinesh Gundu Rao on Wednesday ruled out the party taking back rebel MLAs whom he called "betrayers".
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will pass an appropriate order and dispose of the petitions moved by two Karnataka Independent MLAs with respect to the floor test, only in the presence of the counsels -- Mukul Rohatgi (for rebel MLAs) and Abhishek Man
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'.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the BJP government of attempting to topple the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition using bribery and "wholesale trade" of rebel MLAs.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday met the lawyers of rebel MLAs, who are seeking four weeks' time to appear before him.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Karnataka Minister and Congress' chief trouble shooter, D K Shivakumar, on Tuesday said that rebel MLAs staying in Mumbai have backstabbed them, not the BJP, and warned the saffron party that it will be its turn next.
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing rebel Karnataka MLAs, on Tuesday said they enjoy protection from the Supreme Court against disqualification and they were free to participate or not in the proceedings in the Assembly during the trust vote.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday demanded that the rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs should come to the Assembly and participate in the proceedings on the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): Thirteen rebel Karnataka Congress- JD(S) MLAs on Tuesday wrote to Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, seeking four weeks' time to appear before him in connection with the disqualification notice served to them.