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The Karnataka coalition partners should not blame the BJP for trying to destabilise the government when there are hints of their own lawmaker (JDS) scripting the resignation and threat drama. Vishwanath's meeting with BJP leader V Srinivas Prasad and Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy points to what was being planned well in advance to destabilise the coalition

Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal said that the party has decided to request the Speaker to take the legal route and disqualify the rebel MLAs in Karnataka 
  

Karnataka crisis has forced the Rajya Sabha to be adjourned by an hour. This after uproar by the Congress over the threat that situation poses to the coalition government in the state. 

 

Here is what suspended Congressman Roshan Baig had to say after resigning as MLA.

21 ministers of the Karnataka government have resigned from their posts to make room for rebel MLAs. But before resigning as deputy chief minister, G Parameshwara who is adamant with his choice might sacrifice his post based on a condition or two.

Karnataka MLA who is suspended from the Congress party spoke to media and said that he will resign from the post of MLA.

JD(S) MLAs were shifted to Prestige Golfshire resort on Nandi Hills Road, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, last night.

Karnataka MLAs, including 10 of the Congress, two of the JD(S) and two Independents, left for Goa in the evening and are being accompanied by Mohit Bhartiya, president of the Mumbai BJP Yuva Morcha, sources said.

Joginder Pal, Congress MLA from Bhoa, Punjab, is accused of assaulting a journalist for raising questions about his constituency. Pal however has denied claims.

Former AICC president Sonia Gandhi met Sowmya Reddy, the Congress MLA from Bengaluru’s Jayanagar constituency and advised her not to leave the party. She is also reported to have asked her to persuade her father Ramalinga Reddy to stick on with the Congress.

While the coalition members (Congress and JDS) in Karnataka pointed fingers at the BJP for inducing fissures into the coalition, senior BJP leader and former CM Jagadish Shettar has laughed it off, saying it is their inc

The crisis in Karnataka is getting interesting as the talks between chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy has yielded results. JDS national spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed said, knowing the importance of Reddy, the CM convinced him to take back his resignation
 

Trinamool Congress members in Rajya Sabha disrupted the proceedings of the Upper House by protesting against disinvestment of public sector companies

Admitting that the aircraft that ferried the Congress MLAs belonged to Jupiter Capital established by Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the company officials clarified that they were running a business and whoever wanted to use the plane could do so. Here is how Chandrasekhar gave a befitting reply to the Congress
 

Amidst the Karnataka coalition crisis, Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and KC Venugopal have requested the rebel MLAs to return and promised them of ministries. The leaders announced that the Cabinet would be reshuffled soon