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Following the death of Manohar Parrikar on Sunday, Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant has been chosen as the new chief minister of Goa
 

The Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar has so far not accepted Congress rebel Umesh Jadhav's resignation. Can Jadhav still contest the Lok Sabha election?

Chincholi Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav formally quit the party as he tendered his resignation to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar. Though the Congress dismissed it as a foregone conclusion, the void created is huge as it may prod other disgruntled members to walk the same path

"A woman will say that she was raped only once in reality, but she was raped multiple times in court during cross-examination. My situation is like that here," Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar said during a debate.

Comparing himself with a rape victim, Ramesh Kumar, the Speaker of the Karnataka state Assembly chose to exhibit the delicate and untenable situation he was put in by the members of both the ruling and opposition parties.

 

Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah along with Dinesh Gundu Rao and G Parameshwara urged the Assembly Speaker to take action against four rebel Congress leaders

Thota Chandrasekhar will contest from Guntur and former Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar from Tenali constituency.