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Cong asks Karnataka Speaker to delay trust vote till MLAs issue is decided

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

SC refuses to urgently list Karnataka MLAs' plea for immediate floor test

The two MLAs, who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, moved the top court seeking a direction for conducting a floor test forthwith in the state Assembly

Karnataka crisis: Trust vote to decide Congress-JDS govt's fate today

Kumaraswamy on Sunday mounted a scathing attack on BJP, accusing it of touching a new low by by its "immoral politics"

Karnataka CM rejects Governor's directions to conduct floor test on Friday

Karnataka state Congress chief, CM move Supreme Court seeking clarification on whip

Prove majority before 6 pm today: Karnataka Governor tells CM Kumaraswamy

Deepening the political crisis in Karnataka, the Governor's 1.30 pm Friday deadline for CM Kumaraswamy to prove his majority ended without the Assembly taking up the voting on the motion of confidence

Karnataka Congress chief moves Supreme Court against its July 17 order

The application said the apex court's order "whittles down" the power of a political party to issue whip to its MLAs as it has a constitutional right to do so and the court can't restrict that.

'I am not partisan', Karnataka Speaker denies he is delaying trust vote

He said there was discussion and "indirect comments" made that he was delaying the vote of confidence

Karnataka crisis: Cong asks for deferring trust vote raising issue of whip

Siddaramaiah said if the motion was taken up, it would have a bearing on the constitutionally formed government in the state

Karnataka: Speaker to decide on 15 MLAs resignation; no time frame, says SC

Court refused to give a time frame for this decision and said that MLAs can not be compelled to attend House proceedings

Karnataka crisis: SC hears rebel MLAs plea, to deliver order on Wednesday

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

Decision on resignation of rebel MLAs by tomorrow: Karnataka speaker to SC

The rebel MLAs told the court that the Speaker kept their resignation pending just to disqualify them

Karnataka crisis: 'Resignations have to be accepted', rebel MLAs tell SC

The 10 rebel MLAs moved the apex court alleging that the Speaker was not accepting their resignations

Karnataka political crisis: SC begins hearing on pleas of 15 rebel MLAs

The top court had on Friday restrained the Speaker from taking any decision till July 16

Karnataka crisis: Congress begins backchannel talks to win back rebel MLAs

Sources in JD(S) said Kumaraswamy is in direct talks with at least four Congress legislators, who have resigned, and was hopeful that they would withdraw their resignation

Karnataka political crisis: Will issue whip to party MLAs, says Yeddyurappa

The 10 rebel MLAs personally submitted their fresh resignations to Ramesh Kumar in Bengaluru yesterday

SC asks Speaker to hear 10 Karnataka MLAs in centre of political storm

Top court asks Karnataka Police to ensure protection to the MLAs once they reached Bengaluru from Mumbai.

Resignation letters of 8 of 13 MLAs not in format: Ktka Speaker

The fate of the 13-month-old Congress-JD(S) government led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is hinged on the Speaker's decision on the resignation

Letter to BS: Political developments in Karnataka are not quite unexpected

Opportunism is a "virtue" if it serves their self-interest

Another Independent Karnataka minister resigns, extends support to BJP

Independent MLA R Shankar met state Governor Vajubhai Vala and conveyed his decision to support BJP, a communication from the Raj Bhavan said

Congress, JD(S) ministers resign to help save Karnataka coalition govt

The crisis in Karnataka was triggered by the resignation of 13 MLAs of the ruling coalition