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Karnataka Floor Test Live: Supreme Court To Hear Congress Plea Against KG Bopaiah At 10:30AM
Row after Karnataka election results comes after governor's invite, which led to BS Yeddyurappa taking oath. Congress-JDS MLAs will have to return to Bengaluru
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Updated : May 19, 2018 12:34 am IST
Karnataka LIVE: BS Yeddyurappa said he is confident that BJP will get majority in the floor test.
Bengaluru/Hyderabad: The BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government in Karnataka has been asked by the Supreme Court to take floor test tomorrow at 4 pm. The court today resumed hearing a petition filed by Congress- Janata Dal Secular (JDS) combine challenging Karnataka Governor's controversial invitation to the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to become chief minister, the Congress and the JDS in Karnataka moved their lawmakers from Bengaluru to Hyderabad. In a move that came well past midnight, the lawmakers were taken in bus to the Telangana capital, 569 km from Bengaluru. "The central government was kind enough to refuse all permission for flights so taking the road," former minister DK Shivakumar told NDTV during the overnight journey. The Congress and JDS lawmakers spent Thursday in two different hotels in Bengaluru. While the Congress flock was at Eagleton Resorts, the JDS leaders were at Shangrila Hotel. The move to sequester the the 100-odd lawmakers of Congress-JDS was taken to prevent the BJP from luring them as soon as it became clear that Governor Vajubhai Vala was going to invite BS Yeddyurappa to form government. The Congress-JDS combine responded by taking the battle to the Supreme Court that held a rare overnight hearing and took up the case again today at 10:30 this morning.
May 19, 2018 00:34 (IST)
Congress legislators are also heading to Bengaluru in a bus from Hyderabad.
May 19, 2018 00:10 (IST)
HD Kumaraswamy along with other JDS MLAs board a flight to Bengaluru ahead of floor test in Karnataka assembly today.
May 18, 2018 23:20 (IST)
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee files complaint against Janardhan Reddy, linked to BJP, for offering hundreds of crore rupees and a minister portfolio to Raichur rural MLA Basvanagowda Daddal over telephone.
May 18, 2018 22:06 (IST)
Supreme Court agrees to hear Congress petition against pro-tem speaker tomorrow at 10.30 am in court number 6.
May 18, 2018 21:29 (IST)
JDS' HD Kumaraswamy says, "Two MLAs have been hijacked by our BJP friends. But, I am certain that they will come back to us."
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May 18, 2018 21:27 (IST)
Just a day before BJP's BS Yeddyurappa faces the Supreme Court-ordered floor test in the Karnataka assembly, the Congress today released an audio tape that the party claims shows how the BJP was trying to lure its legislators to support Chief Minister Yeddyurappa in the Karnataka assembly.
May 18, 2018 20:40 (IST)
Congress MLAs hold meeting ahead of tomorrow's floor test in Karnataka.
May 18, 2018 20:36 (IST)
"MLAs are with us. Whatever misuse they had to do they have done. Supreme Court has also given them a good scolding not verbally but in terms of action, it is a different matter that the people of BJP have a thick skin": Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
May 18, 2018 20:30 (IST)
Congress moves Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing on the appointment of KG Bopaiah as pro-tem speaker.
May 18, 2018 20:03 (IST)
Just a day before BJP's BS Yeddyurappa faces the Supreme Court-ordered floor test in the Karnataka assembly, the Congress today released an audio tape that the party claims shows how the BJP was trying to lure its legislators to support Chief Minister Yeddyurappa in the Karnataka assembly.
May 18, 2018 20:00 (IST)
Union minister Prakash Javadekar on audio clip released by Congress with alleged bribe offer: This is Congress' false propaganda and we condemn this. The mandate is not for Congress and JDS.
May 18, 2018 19:50 (IST)
"We are in the Shangri-La hotel for the legislature meeting. We have the majority. More than what we expected. Our workers are really happy," says Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.
He adds, "I assure the people of Karnataka that all promises will be fulfilled. BJP workers will celebrate 'Vijayotsava' tomorrow after majority is proved. If they don't join us, how will we get absolute majority?"
May 18, 2018 19:42 (IST)
JDS leader Saravana: "His name is Devanand Chavan, MLA from Nagathan, he is with us. BJP leaders are misleading about him that he is supporting BJP."
May 18, 2018 19:40 (IST)
JDS leaders in Hyderabad are currently addressing media persons.
May 18, 2018 19:22 (IST)
Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy along with other party leaders at the hotel in Hyderabad.
May 18, 2018 19:22 (IST)
A jet aircraft with 160 seats and 12 VIP seats has been hired at a cost of Rs 16,000 per seat.
May 18, 2018 19:20 (IST)
The list of business for Karnataka Assembly on Saturday.
May 18, 2018 19:07 (IST)
Raising questions over the Governor's move to appoint BJP MLA K G Bopaiah as the pro tem speaker, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the Governor should have had appointed the senior most MLA from the current assembly as the pro tem speaker as per constitutional conventions. According to the Congress, its eight-time MLA R V Deshpande is the senior most lawmaker in the assembly.
May 18, 2018 19:04 (IST)
BJP legislators are expected at Bengaluru's Shangri-La Hotel shortly, reports NDTV's Maya Sharma. JDS MLAs were staying at the same hotel before moving to Hyderabad.
May 18, 2018 19:01 (IST)
Breaking | Karnataka Congress alleges attempt to bribe its lawmakers, claims audio proof of BJP-linked Janardhana Reddy offering money.
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