Karnataka Congress

Eranna Bhimappa Kadadi and Ashok Jasti - one Lingayat and one from the OBC - were named as the BJP's candidates for the upper house leaving the state unit stunned

Modi called the by-polls in Karnataka "extraordinary", one which would decide whether the BJP government would stay or go.

Under the pact, EHFL and BoB will share risks and rewards in creating a conducive lending ecosystem for home loan seekers

Yediyurappa has admitted that it was his voice in an audio clip in which he can be heard luring a legislator's son in Devadurga, the congress leader alleged.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the party, had termed the actions of the disqualified MLAs a constitutional sin

"Till my last breath I will work to build this party. I don't want any positions. People know who I am," he said

The Congress also urged the President of India to remove Home minister Amit Shah from the Union Cabinet based on the clipping

The rebel Congress-JD (S) MLAs were disqualified by the then Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar

The ED move comes after the Karnataka High Court had on Thursday dismissed Shivakumar's petition challenging the summons issued to him in a money-laundering case

Yediyurappa has provided the first challenge to the unfettered, unquestioned authority of Modi & Shah. BJP leaders in other states could take inspiration from him

Hours after the fall of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the greed of those who saw the alliance as an obstacle in their path to power won, while democracy and the state's people lost. The Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka collapsed after the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was defeated in the assembly, ending his 14-month long turbulent tenure. "From its first day, the Cong-JDS alliance in Karnataka was a target for vested interests, both within & outside, who saw the alliance as a threat & an obstacle in their path to power. Their greed won today," Gandhi tweeted. "Democracy, honesty and the people of Karnataka lost," he said. Reacting to the development, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said one day the BJP will discover that everything cannot be bought, everyone cannot be bullied and every lie is eventually exposed. "Until then I suppose, the citizens of our country will

The BJP is suspecting that the voting is being delayed by the Congress-JDS government only to buy time to win back the rebel legislators

Summing up the arguments, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the 15 rebel MLAs, asked the bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose, to continue with its interim order

With enmasse resignations, the government has been pushed to the brink of collapse

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of the submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the rebel MLAs

With the support of two Independents, the opposition BJP has 107 MLAs in the 224-member House

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi was told that the resignations by the rebel MLAs were nothing but a kind of defection

Two independent MLAs have also withdrawn support to the coalition government

The apex court also directed the Karnataka DGP to provide protection to the 10 MLAs from Bengaluru airport to the assembly after their arrival from Mumbai.

This is the second day in a row during the current session of Parliament that the Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business.