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Another KCR Party MLA Joins Congress, 7th Lawmaker To Switch Since Dec 2023
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) received another jolt when its MLA joined the Congress on Saturday, just a day after six of its Members in the Legislative Council crossed over to the ruling party.
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"More Congress Lawmakers In Touch With Us": Rebel Himachal MLA Who Joined BJP
More legislators are feeling suffocated in the Congress and would also show courage to leave the party in the coming days, said Rajinder Rana, one of the six disqualified MLAs who switched to the BJP on Saturday.
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MLA Leaves BJP For Trinamool, 3rd To Return After Mamata Banerjee's Win
Bengal BJP MLA Biswajit Das, today switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress, becoming the third BJP lawmaker to return since Mamata Banerjee's big victory in the April-May state polls.
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Growing Resentment Within Trinamool As More Leaders Speak Against Party Leadership
Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday resigned as an MLA amid speculations about his switching over to the BJP and setting off concern in the Trinamool Congress as several disgruntled lawmakers rallied behind him.
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Split By Maharashtra Coup, NCP Takes Stock: One Leader Returns, 4 Missing
Hours after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as chief minister of Maharashtra with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar on Saturday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar called a meeting of his lawmakers to take stock of how many had switched loyalties. Dhananjay Munde, a senior NCP leader who was believed to be among the defectors along with A...
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Madhya Pradesh BJP Lawmaker Alleges He Was Offered Money By Congress
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the state has accused Congress of offering him money to switch loyalty.
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"BJP Is Home": Madhya Pradesh's Richest Lawmaker Won't Join Congress
Lawmakers without a core Hindutva background, especially those who joined the BJP from other political groups or after winning the 2013 assembly elections as independent candidates, are being viewed with a certain degree of wariness by the party leadership these days.
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Speaker Disqualifies 3 Rebel Lawmakers Who Deserted Karnataka Government
Three rebel lawmakers who withdrew support to the Karnataka government and switched sides, has been disqualified by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. "R Shankar of Ranebennur has incurred disqualification," the Speaker announced at a press conference this evening amid suspense over the fate of the 15 rebel lawmakers of the coalition government of the Congre...
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Karnataka Assembly Votes On Coalition Government's Trust Motion: 10 Points
The floor test for the HD Kumaraswamy government is about to begin at the Karnataka assembly at the end of two days of turbulence. Over the last weeks, 16 coalition legislators have resigned and two Independents withdrew support to the government and the trust vote has been pending since last week. Hours before, there was high drama in the northern...
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107 Bengal Lawmakers Will Switch To BJP "Very Soon", Says Mukul Roy
As many as 107 legislators of Trinamool Congress, the Left and the Congress are in touch with the BJP, party leader Mukul Roy claimed on Saturday, vowing to bring down the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal. Several Trinamool leaders, both at the state and district levels, have lost confidence in the party and are fed up with the way it is f...
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"Totally Demoralised", Say BJP Workers As 10 Goa Congress Lawmakers Join
While the BJP has dramatically increased its strength in the 40-member Goa Assembly from 17 to 27 after 10 Congress lawmakers switched sides earlier this week, not all workers of the ruling party are happy about the move and have questioned the leadership. Some of them say they are "demoralised".
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4 New Ministers Join Goa Cabinet, Including 3 Congress Defectors
Three of the 10 Congress lawmakers in Goa who switched to the BJP earlier this week have found a place in the cabinet as Chief Minister Pramod Sawant inducted four new ministers today. Chandrakant Kavlekar, the former leader of opposition, has been sworn in as deputy chief minister.
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"Money Was Given, Given, Given!": Deve Gowda On Lawmakers Switching Sides
Janata Dal Secular chief Deve Gowda today dubbed the Karnataka political crisis as a situation that's "worse than Emergency", and attributed the resignation of 16 legislators of the ruling coalition to the BJP's alleged eagerness to wrest power in the southern state by any means possible.
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"We Are Not Sheep Or Buffaloes...": Ex-Congress Lawmaker From Telangana
The 12 Congress assembly lawmakers in Telangana who recently joined the ruling TRS, Wednesday hit back at the opposition party's state leadership for its attack on them, saying their action was in accordance with the Constitutional provisions.
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Goa Congress Accuses BJP Of Luring Its Lawmakers With "Crores Of Rupees"
Opposition Congress on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to lure its lawmakers to switch sides by offering crores of rupees and posts, even as the BJP rubbished the allegation.
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Another KCR Party MLA Joins Congress, 7th Lawmaker To Switch Since Dec 2023
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) received another jolt when its MLA joined the Congress on Saturday, just a day after six of its Members in the Legislative Council crossed over to the ruling party.
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"More Congress Lawmakers In Touch With Us": Rebel Himachal MLA Who Joined BJP
More legislators are feeling suffocated in the Congress and would also show courage to leave the party in the coming days, said Rajinder Rana, one of the six disqualified MLAs who switched to the BJP on Saturday.
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MLA Leaves BJP For Trinamool, 3rd To Return After Mamata Banerjee's Win
Bengal BJP MLA Biswajit Das, today switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress, becoming the third BJP lawmaker to return since Mamata Banerjee's big victory in the April-May state polls.
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Growing Resentment Within Trinamool As More Leaders Speak Against Party Leadership
Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday resigned as an MLA amid speculations about his switching over to the BJP and setting off concern in the Trinamool Congress as several disgruntled lawmakers rallied behind him.
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Split By Maharashtra Coup, NCP Takes Stock: One Leader Returns, 4 Missing
Hours after the BJP's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as chief minister of Maharashtra with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)'s Ajit Pawar on Saturday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar called a meeting of his lawmakers to take stock of how many had switched loyalties. Dhananjay Munde, a senior NCP leader who was believed to be among the defectors along with A...
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Madhya Pradesh BJP Lawmaker Alleges He Was Offered Money By Congress
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the state has accused Congress of offering him money to switch loyalty.
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"BJP Is Home": Madhya Pradesh's Richest Lawmaker Won't Join Congress
Lawmakers without a core Hindutva background, especially those who joined the BJP from other political groups or after winning the 2013 assembly elections as independent candidates, are being viewed with a certain degree of wariness by the party leadership these days.
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Speaker Disqualifies 3 Rebel Lawmakers Who Deserted Karnataka Government
Three rebel lawmakers who withdrew support to the Karnataka government and switched sides, has been disqualified by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar. "R Shankar of Ranebennur has incurred disqualification," the Speaker announced at a press conference this evening amid suspense over the fate of the 15 rebel lawmakers of the coalition government of the Congre...
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Karnataka Assembly Votes On Coalition Government's Trust Motion: 10 Points
The floor test for the HD Kumaraswamy government is about to begin at the Karnataka assembly at the end of two days of turbulence. Over the last weeks, 16 coalition legislators have resigned and two Independents withdrew support to the government and the trust vote has been pending since last week. Hours before, there was high drama in the northern...
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107 Bengal Lawmakers Will Switch To BJP "Very Soon", Says Mukul Roy
As many as 107 legislators of Trinamool Congress, the Left and the Congress are in touch with the BJP, party leader Mukul Roy claimed on Saturday, vowing to bring down the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal. Several Trinamool leaders, both at the state and district levels, have lost confidence in the party and are fed up with the way it is f...
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"Totally Demoralised", Say BJP Workers As 10 Goa Congress Lawmakers Join
While the BJP has dramatically increased its strength in the 40-member Goa Assembly from 17 to 27 after 10 Congress lawmakers switched sides earlier this week, not all workers of the ruling party are happy about the move and have questioned the leadership. Some of them say they are "demoralised".
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4 New Ministers Join Goa Cabinet, Including 3 Congress Defectors
Three of the 10 Congress lawmakers in Goa who switched to the BJP earlier this week have found a place in the cabinet as Chief Minister Pramod Sawant inducted four new ministers today. Chandrakant Kavlekar, the former leader of opposition, has been sworn in as deputy chief minister.
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"Money Was Given, Given, Given!": Deve Gowda On Lawmakers Switching Sides
Janata Dal Secular chief Deve Gowda today dubbed the Karnataka political crisis as a situation that's "worse than Emergency", and attributed the resignation of 16 legislators of the ruling coalition to the BJP's alleged eagerness to wrest power in the southern state by any means possible.
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"We Are Not Sheep Or Buffaloes...": Ex-Congress Lawmaker From Telangana
The 12 Congress assembly lawmakers in Telangana who recently joined the ruling TRS, Wednesday hit back at the opposition party's state leadership for its attack on them, saying their action was in accordance with the Constitutional provisions.
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Goa Congress Accuses BJP Of Luring Its Lawmakers With "Crores Of Rupees"
Opposition Congress on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to lure its lawmakers to switch sides by offering crores of rupees and posts, even as the BJP rubbished the allegation.
