Congress Mlas Wear Helmets

The Karnataka Assembly has, over the years, seen members come in wearing helmets, nightclothes, and on one occasion an MLA ripping his shirt off. While all these were deliberate acts to make a point, what happened Wednesday was certainly unplanned.

Congress MLAs wore helmets to the West Bengal Assembly today to protest the free fall in the House yesterday that sent four MLAs to hospital.

With sleepovers and protective gear headlining recent events at the Karnataka Assembly, the Governor of the state, HK Bhardwaj, met President Pratibha Patil in Delhi to update her on the root cause of all the commotion: The powerful Reddy brothers, mining barons and cabinet ministers, and their alleged involvement with illegal mining.After the meet...

It's a face off between the government and the opposition in Karnataka, where a mining scandal has erupted into a major controversy and the showdown is taking place in the Assembly. First, opposition MLAs came to the Assembly wearing helmets on Monday morning saying they had been threatened by the BJP's legislators. But by Monday night, the opposi...

The Karnataka Assembly has, over the years, seen members come in wearing helmets, nightclothes, and on one occasion an MLA ripping his shirt off. While all these were deliberate acts to make a point, what happened Wednesday was certainly unplanned.

Congress MLAs wore helmets to the West Bengal Assembly today to protest the free fall in the House yesterday that sent four MLAs to hospital.

With sleepovers and protective gear headlining recent events at the Karnataka Assembly, the Governor of the state, HK Bhardwaj, met President Pratibha Patil in Delhi to update her on the root cause of all the commotion: The powerful Reddy brothers, mining barons and cabinet ministers, and their alleged involvement with illegal mining.After the meet...

It's a face off between the government and the opposition in Karnataka, where a mining scandal has erupted into a major controversy and the showdown is taking place in the Assembly. First, opposition MLAs came to the Assembly wearing helmets on Monday morning saying they had been threatened by the BJP's legislators. But by Monday night, the opposi...