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Karnataka: Congress releases audio, claims MLA bribery by Janardhana Reddy

As a fallout of the political tussle in Karnataka, the Congress on Friday staked its claim to form the government in Goa and Manipur, while the RJD and Congress staked their claim to form the govt in

Senior Congress leader and Advocate Abhishek Singhvi leaves after a hearing in Karnataka government formation case, at Supreme Court in New Delhi
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Senior Congress leader and Advocate Abhishek Singhvi leaves after a hearing in Karnataka government formation case, at Supreme Court in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddyurappa to face a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly tomorrow at 4 pm to prove his majority. Congress President Rahul Gandhi hailed the apex court's order and said that it vindicated the party's stand that Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala had acted unconstitutionally in inviting the BJP to form the government in the state. Not deterred by the order, Yeddyurappa asserted that he was "100 per cent" confident that he would prove majority in the Assembly. 

Further, reacting to the order, the BJP

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