Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 15 (ANI): A day after he joined the BJP, disqualified legislator H Vishwanath claimed that former Congress leader and now BJP MP Srinivas Prasad had approached him and said he should lead the team to bring back BS Yediyurappa to the chief ministerial post.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Former BJP MLA Raju Kage on Thursday joined the Congress in the presence of party leaders Siddaramaiah and Dinesh Gundu Rao, a day after the Supreme Court upheld the disqualification of 17 rebel Karnataka legislators.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): BJP on Thursday released a first list of candidates for the upcoming December 5 Karnataka by-polls figuring the names of 13 MLAs from the Congress-JD(S) camp who were disqualified earlier this year.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): Karnataka Cabinet Minister KS Eshwarappa on Thursday declined to provide any reason for not taking Roshan Baig in the Bharatiya Janata Party on the day when 15 out of 17 disqualified rebel MLAs, including those from Congress and JD(S) joined the B
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 14 (ANI): A day after Supreme Court's Karnataka verdict,15 out of 17 disqualified rebel MLAs, including those from Congress and JD(S) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa here.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said the JDS is ready to support BJP rebel Sharath Bachegowda in upcoming by-poll in Hoskote constituency if he contested independently.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday confirmed that the 17 disqualified rebel MLAs from Congress-JD(S), who were on Wednesday allowed by the Supreme Court to contest the bypolls for 15 seats next month will join BJP.
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): The Congress on Wednesday said the BJP-led government stands "completely exposed" after the Supreme Court verdict upholding the decision of former Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 17 rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs and demanded the resignation of
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Former law minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court which upheld the decision to disqualify 17 rebel Karnataka Congress and JD(S) MLAs and said that the verdict will empower the anti-defection law.
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court judgment on the disqualification of 17 MLAs in Karnataka has vindicated the stand of the former Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and therefore, his party will seek dismissal of Yediyurap
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Calling the Supreme Court verdict in MLA disqualification case as a moral victory for rebel legislators, Karnataka Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the ruling upheld that the Speaker does not have the power to extend the defection
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