A day after the resignation of over a dozen ruling Congress-Janata Dal Secular lawmakers rocked the ruling coalition in Karnataka and plunged the state into a political crisis, both parties have gone into a huddle to discuss the next course of action to save the government. Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, back in India after a private visit to the US, launched straight into damage control measures, calling a meeting of his JDS lawmakers at a hotel tonight. Sources close to the chief minister said at least some of the rebel lawmakers of the ruling coalition, who resigned over the last week, bringing the government to the verge of collapse, may return to the fold. If the resignation of all 13 lawmakers is accepted, the government of the Congress and JDS which has a wafer-thin majority, could collapse. Former prime minister and JDS veteran HD Deve Gowda has been meeting JDS as well as Congress leaders. The Congress' state in charge, KC Venugopal, has come to Bengaluru and met state party leaders at a private hotel.
Here are the live updates of Karnataka crisis:
Karnataka Congress MLA ST Somashekar outside Sofitel hotel in Mumbai: We 13 MLAs submitted resignation to the Speaker & informed Governor. We all are together. No question of going back to Bengaluru & withdrawing the resignations. pic.twitter.com/0ae0ttAlgo
- ANI (@ANI) 7 July 2019
Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress: Govt should run as per Constitution. It is a constitutionally elected govt in Karnataka. They (BJP) are destabilizing it. In about 14 states, they are pressurizing, not only Congress MLAs, but also the regional party members. pic.twitter.com/kxQ0Cve7z5
- ANI (@ANI) 7 July 2019
GT Devegowda, JDS at party headquarters (JP Bhavan) in Bengaluru: If my party decides, I am ready to resign. I am not going to BJP. Ours is a coalition government for the betterment of state. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/wdimkcYNlN
- ANI (@ANI) 7 July 2019
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy arrived at HAL Airport in Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/F3lf2jhHGS
- ANI (@ANI) 7 July 2019
Bengaluru: Meeting of JD(S) MLAs with Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to be held at Taj West End hotel pic.twitter.com/uTOMckYOXH
- ANI (@ANI) 7 July 2019
"It is Operation Kamala. Don't worry, the government will survive": Congress leader Siddaramaiah on the political crisis in Karnataka
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 7, 2019
(Photo: ANI) pic.twitter.com/5h3jdN1sE7
Karnataka Rebel Lawmakers Flown To Mumbai, Congress Alleges BJP HandThe BJP is engineering defections to overthrow governments in states ruled by the opposition parties, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said a day after 11 lawmakers of the Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka resigned. It is the BJP who took to Mumbai in a private jet and kept them in a five-star hotel on Saturday night, the party said.
On Karnataka Political Crisis, State BJP Chief BS Yeddyurappa Says Nowhere Related To ThisKarnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he is "nowhere related" to the political crisis in the state, a day after 11 lawmakers of the Congress-JDS coalition resigned, plunging the coalition government into trouble.
- 11 Congress-JDS leaders submitted their resignations to the Karnataka speaker's office yesterday claiming that there was friction in the party and urged the governor to accept their resignations.
- The leaders were then flown to a hotel in Mumbai where they spent the night.
- Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he is "nowhere related" to the political crisis in the state
- Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge today alleged the BJP was behind the political crisis in the state and that there were attempts being made to create a divide within the party.
- Congress leader and Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar at the residence of JD(S) leader and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru.
- Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa denied his party's role in the resignations of the 11 lawmakers - eight from the Congress and three from Janata Dal Secular.
- Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge alleged the BJP would do everything to exploit the situation in Karnataka and create confusion.
- He alleged the BJP is engineering defections to overthrow governments in states not ruled by the BJP.
- He said that a clear picture will emerge on July 12 when the assembly session starts.
