Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 29: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was not answerable to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa as he had run the government in the Karnataka with utmost clarity amongst the people. "I ran the government for 14 months. I have no obligation to answer your (BS Yediyurappa) questions. I need to answer to my conscience. From the past 14 months, everything was being recorded

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday proved his majority in the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. With the numbers game favouring the BJP government, the Congress and JDS did not press for division on the one-line motion moved by Yediyurappa that the House expresses confidence in his three-day old Ministry. As the Opposition did not press for

Jaipur, Jul 29: Commenting on the current political situation in Madhya Pradesh, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Sunday said a "new mission" will be launched after the cabinet formation in Karnataka, where the Congress-JD(S) alliance lost the confidence motion recently. "After the formation of the cabinet in Karnataka, a new mission will be started. It is not our wish

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah may by default become the leader of opposition on Monday when chief minister BS Yediyurappamoves the vote of confidenceto prove BJP’s majority in the legislative assembly. “The party high command has asked Siddaramaiah to be opposition leader. But his continuation in the post will all depend on party legislators,” a senior

Bengaluru, Jul 29: JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda on Sunday said the future of his party's alliance with Congress would depend on the decision of the high command of the grand old party, based on the advice of their Karnataka leadership. The former prime minister also made it clear that Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah would officially be the leader of the Opposition in the

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yediyurappa, who was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of the state, will seek confidence vote in the Karnataka Assembly here on Monday. Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala, who had administered the oath of office to B S Yeddyurappa on Friday last, had directed him to prove his majority in the house within one week. With the depletion of the

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Senior BJP leader Jagadish Shettar on Sunday said that the decision of Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar to disqualify 14 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs in one go is the violation of the Supreme Court's order, which says that the Speaker must have taken a call on their resignations first. "This is the violation of the Supreme Court's (SC) order. There is a specific direction by the SC. You

Mysuru, Jul 28: Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday said Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar's decision to disqualify the rebel MLAs will send a strong signal to the elected representatives across the country, who might fall into "BJP's trap". "I welcome the decision of the speaker to disqualify 14 MLAs. This honest decision of speaker will send strong signals for all the

Bengaluru, Jul 28: The Congress will hold a legislative party meeting here on Monday, ahead of the confidence motion in the state Assembly. The scheduled meeting will come after Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 rebel MLAs from Congress and JD(S) under the anti-defection law and barred them from contesting elections till the expiry of the term of the 15th Legislative Assembly. The

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Former PM HD Deve Gowda's son and Holenarasipur constituency legislator HD Revanna has allegedly locked up multiple directors of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) inside a hotel ahead of voting for the chairman's post on Monday. As per sources JD(S) leader Revanna has got hold of five Congress supporting KMF directors and have got them shifted to a hotel in Hyderabad. Eyeing the