Karnataka Rajya Sabha Polls

Mining baron and lone MLA of Karnataka Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) G Janardhana Reddy on Sunday said he would rejoin the BJP on March 25.

The BJP this morning met Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, seeking a test of strength for the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government.

The ruling Congress in Karnataka won three seats and the BJP one in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka on Tuesday.

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

A case has been registered against D Kupendra Reddy, the JDS leader contesting the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, and his aides at the Vidhana Soudha police station in Bengaluru, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.

In a setback to the BJP-JD(S) alliance, saffron party MLA S T Somashekar voted for Congress candidate Ajay Maken while another MLA Arbail Shivaram Hebbal abstained from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections for four seats in Karnataka on Tuesday.

Voting for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka is on today amid suspense over potential cross-voting, which drove the Congress to move all its MLAs to a private resort on Monday.

Three seats in two Congress-ruled states and one in Uttar Pradesh are in for a tough fight during Tuesday's Rajya Sabha polls. Sources have indicated that cross-voting by Opposition MLAs are very likely.

Apparently aimed at keeping the flock together ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, all ruling Congress MLAs in Karnataka will stay put together at a hotel in Bengaluru on Monday after the budget session of the state legislature concludes and will later a

The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka has hotted up with the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) combine fielding its second candidate, even though the alliance has the strength to win only one out of the four seats.

The BJP on Thursday took exception to the inclusion of Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi in the list of 40 star campaigners of the Congress for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, calling him an "anti-national".

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday strongly reiterated that the 2023 Assembly election would be his last, and that he would not be contesting that poll from Chamundeshwari segment where he had faced defeat in 2018.

The bitter strife of the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) came out in open on Saturday a day after the cross-voting by two of its MLAs during the biennial elections for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah lauded Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today for the BJP winning three Rajya Sabha seats in the biennial elections to four seats on Friday.

Srinivas Gowda was asked whom he voted for as he was leaving the assembly complex. "I voted Congress," he said. Asked why, he kept it brief, "Because I love it." He has said that he will quit the HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) and join the Congress.

Mining baron and lone MLA of Karnataka Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) G Janardhana Reddy on Sunday said he would rejoin the BJP on March 25.

The BJP this morning met Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, seeking a test of strength for the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led government.

The ruling Congress in Karnataka won three seats and the BJP one in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka on Tuesday.

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

A case has been registered against D Kupendra Reddy, the JDS leader contesting the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka, and his aides at the Vidhana Soudha police station in Bengaluru, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.

In a setback to the BJP-JD(S) alliance, saffron party MLA S T Somashekar voted for Congress candidate Ajay Maken while another MLA Arbail Shivaram Hebbal abstained from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections for four seats in Karnataka on Tuesday.

Voting for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka is on today amid suspense over potential cross-voting, which drove the Congress to move all its MLAs to a private resort on Monday.

Three seats in two Congress-ruled states and one in Uttar Pradesh are in for a tough fight during Tuesday's Rajya Sabha polls. Sources have indicated that cross-voting by Opposition MLAs are very likely.

Apparently aimed at keeping the flock together ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, all ruling Congress MLAs in Karnataka will stay put together at a hotel in Bengaluru on Monday after the budget session of the state legislature concludes and will later a

The Rajya Sabha election scene in Karnataka has hotted up with the BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) combine fielding its second candidate, even though the alliance has the strength to win only one out of the four seats.

The BJP on Thursday took exception to the inclusion of Rajya Sabha member Imran Pratapgarhi in the list of 40 star campaigners of the Congress for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, calling him an "anti-national".

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday strongly reiterated that the 2023 Assembly election would be his last, and that he would not be contesting that poll from Chamundeshwari segment where he had faced defeat in 2018.

The bitter strife of the Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) came out in open on Saturday a day after the cross-voting by two of its MLAs during the biennial elections for four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah lauded Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today for the BJP winning three Rajya Sabha seats in the biennial elections to four seats on Friday.

Srinivas Gowda was asked whom he voted for as he was leaving the assembly complex. "I voted Congress," he said. Asked why, he kept it brief, "Because I love it." He has said that he will quit the HD Kumaraswamy-led JD(S) and join the Congress.