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Lawmaker Was "Hijacked", Flight Had Taken Off: Karnataka Congress Leader
After 13 exits last week, a Karnataka minister who quit the coalition government on Monday may have tipped the balance in favour of the BJP. Independent lawmaker Nagesh, who had been made a minister just last month in the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition's attempts to shore up numbers, pledged his support to the BJP.
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Karnataka Coalition Fights To Survive, Rebels Move From Mumbai To Goa
Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...
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No Lawmaker Will Quit Congress And Join BJP, Says Siddaramaiah
Asserting that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government will be stable, coordination committee chief and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said no MLA would leave the grand old party and go with the BJP.
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"Will Quit Politics If Allegations Proved": BS Yeddyurappa On Audio Clips
BJP Karnataka president BS Yeddyurappa Friday rubbished as "fake" and "a concocted story" audio clips released by state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy about his alleged bid to lure a lawmaker to topple the Congress-JD(S) government.
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"Can't Be Quiet Anymore": Deve Gowda Fumes Over Jibes From Karnataka Congress Camp
In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.
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Expect Karnataka Congress Lawmakers To Rebel, Says Yeddyurappa Aide
Short of numbers, BS Yeddyurappa may have quit as Karnataka Chief Minister two days after he was sworn in but the BJP it seems hasn't given up hope of forming the government. "We are 100 per cent sure we will be able to form the government," said Shobha Karandlaje, a BJP parliamentarian from the state and an aide of Mr Yeddyurappa.
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Yeddyurappa, Who Quit After 2 Days, Says Congress-JDS Won't Last Even 3 Months
BS Yeddyurappa, who was Karnataka chief minister for 55 hours before he resigned ahead of a trust vote, predicts that his successor HD Kumaraswamy's government won't last "even three months".
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"Truth Can't Be Defeated": Tejashwi Yadav On Developments In Karnataka
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav today said truth can never be defeated and it will always defeat "a lie or liar", after B S Yeddyurappa quit as the Karnataka Chief Minister without facing the floor test in the state assembly.
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HD Kumaraswamy Oath On Wednesday, Invites Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati
HD Kumaraswamy picked up his invite to be Karnataka's next chief minister from Governor Vajubhai Vala on Saturday evening, hours after the governor's first, but controversial choice to run the state - BS Yeddyurappa - sent in his resignation. As he walked out of Raj Bhavan, Mr Kumaraswamy, the nominee of Congress-Janata Dal Secular alliance for the...
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The Karnataka Twist: Why BJP Leadership Asked Yeddyurappa To Quit
Moments before the trust vote in Karnataka on Saturday, there was a surprise resignation. "I will not face the confidence vote, I am going to resign," said the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, in an emotional speech before walking out of the assembly to submit his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala, the man who has drawn much criticism for inviting him.
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"I'm A Fighter": What BS Yeddyurappa Said In His Resignation Speech
A 20-minute emotional speech by BJP's BS Yeddyurappa at the Karnataka assembly ended with him quitting as the chief minister, just two days after he was sworn in. The BJP, which won 104 of the 222 seats for which polling was held, were eight seats short of majority. The Congress and JDS combine claimed the support of 117 lawmakers. The Supreme Cour...
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BS Yeddyurappa Quits As Karnataka Chief Minister Before Floor Test: 10 Facts
The BJP's BS Yeddyurappa today quit as Chief Minister just before a trust vote that, many said, he had a good chance of losing. Till an hour before the Supreme Court-ordered floor test, there was commotion over two Congress lawmakers who were missing from the assembly in the morning. The Congress alleged that they had been "held captive" by a BJP d...
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Congress Releases More Audio Tapes, Says Yeddyurappa Tried To Poach Lawmaker
Just hours before BS Yeddyurappa quit as Karnataka Chief Minister in the assembly today, the Congress released two more audio tapes that it claimed proved that the ruling BJP was trying to bribe its lawmakers to raise numbers before thetrust vote.
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Karnataka Floor Test Highlights: HD Kumaraswamy's Swearing-In On Wednesday After Yeddyurappa Quits
Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy said he will take oath as the chief minister of Karnataka, hours after the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa resigned from the top post without facing a floor test. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked away from a Supreme Court-ordered floor test to prove it had the support of a majority of ...
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Yeddyurappa Jr Not To Contest Poll, Protesting BJP Workers Set A Deadline
The much-expected proxy battle from Varuna in the coming assembly elections -- between Karnataka's Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah and BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa -- has fallen through.
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Lawmaker Was "Hijacked", Flight Had Taken Off: Karnataka Congress Leader
After 13 exits last week, a Karnataka minister who quit the coalition government on Monday may have tipped the balance in favour of the BJP. Independent lawmaker Nagesh, who had been made a minister just last month in the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition's attempts to shore up numbers, pledged his support to the BJP.
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Karnataka Coalition Fights To Survive, Rebels Move From Mumbai To Goa
Karnataka's year-old Congress-Janata Dal coalition government is on life support after yet another Independent lawmaker quit and pledged support to the BJP, taking the total number of resignations since last week to 15. Thirteen of them belong to the ruling Congress and the Janata Dal Secular. Earlier on Monday, another Independent, made minister a...
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No Lawmaker Will Quit Congress And Join BJP, Says Siddaramaiah
Asserting that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government will be stable, coordination committee chief and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said no MLA would leave the grand old party and go with the BJP.
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"Will Quit Politics If Allegations Proved": BS Yeddyurappa On Audio Clips
BJP Karnataka president BS Yeddyurappa Friday rubbished as "fake" and "a concocted story" audio clips released by state chief minister HD Kumaraswamy about his alleged bid to lure a lawmaker to topple the Congress-JD(S) government.
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"Can't Be Quiet Anymore": Deve Gowda Fumes Over Jibes From Karnataka Congress Camp
In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.
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Expect Karnataka Congress Lawmakers To Rebel, Says Yeddyurappa Aide
Short of numbers, BS Yeddyurappa may have quit as Karnataka Chief Minister two days after he was sworn in but the BJP it seems hasn't given up hope of forming the government. "We are 100 per cent sure we will be able to form the government," said Shobha Karandlaje, a BJP parliamentarian from the state and an aide of Mr Yeddyurappa.
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Yeddyurappa, Who Quit After 2 Days, Says Congress-JDS Won't Last Even 3 Months
BS Yeddyurappa, who was Karnataka chief minister for 55 hours before he resigned ahead of a trust vote, predicts that his successor HD Kumaraswamy's government won't last "even three months".
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"Truth Can't Be Defeated": Tejashwi Yadav On Developments In Karnataka
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav today said truth can never be defeated and it will always defeat "a lie or liar", after B S Yeddyurappa quit as the Karnataka Chief Minister without facing the floor test in the state assembly.
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HD Kumaraswamy Oath On Wednesday, Invites Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati
HD Kumaraswamy picked up his invite to be Karnataka's next chief minister from Governor Vajubhai Vala on Saturday evening, hours after the governor's first, but controversial choice to run the state - BS Yeddyurappa - sent in his resignation. As he walked out of Raj Bhavan, Mr Kumaraswamy, the nominee of Congress-Janata Dal Secular alliance for the...
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The Karnataka Twist: Why BJP Leadership Asked Yeddyurappa To Quit
Moments before the trust vote in Karnataka on Saturday, there was a surprise resignation. "I will not face the confidence vote, I am going to resign," said the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa, in an emotional speech before walking out of the assembly to submit his resignation to Governor Vajubhai Vala, the man who has drawn much criticism for inviting him.
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"I'm A Fighter": What BS Yeddyurappa Said In His Resignation Speech
A 20-minute emotional speech by BJP's BS Yeddyurappa at the Karnataka assembly ended with him quitting as the chief minister, just two days after he was sworn in. The BJP, which won 104 of the 222 seats for which polling was held, were eight seats short of majority. The Congress and JDS combine claimed the support of 117 lawmakers. The Supreme Cour...
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BS Yeddyurappa Quits As Karnataka Chief Minister Before Floor Test: 10 Facts
The BJP's BS Yeddyurappa today quit as Chief Minister just before a trust vote that, many said, he had a good chance of losing. Till an hour before the Supreme Court-ordered floor test, there was commotion over two Congress lawmakers who were missing from the assembly in the morning. The Congress alleged that they had been "held captive" by a BJP d...
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Congress Releases More Audio Tapes, Says Yeddyurappa Tried To Poach Lawmaker
Just hours before BS Yeddyurappa quit as Karnataka Chief Minister in the assembly today, the Congress released two more audio tapes that it claimed proved that the ruling BJP was trying to bribe its lawmakers to raise numbers before thetrust vote.
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Karnataka Floor Test Highlights: HD Kumaraswamy's Swearing-In On Wednesday After Yeddyurappa Quits
Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy said he will take oath as the chief minister of Karnataka, hours after the BJP's BS Yeddyurappa resigned from the top post without facing a floor test. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked away from a Supreme Court-ordered floor test to prove it had the support of a majority of ...
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Yeddyurappa Jr Not To Contest Poll, Protesting BJP Workers Set A Deadline
The much-expected proxy battle from Varuna in the coming assembly elections -- between Karnataka's Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah and BJP's chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa -- has fallen through.
