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JD(S) leaders AH Vishwananth, Basavaraj Horatti and Congress leader K Sudhakar have openly expressed their anger against their parties for denying them ministerial post and inducting two independents instead
 

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala will administer the oath of office and secrecy to new members joining the state council of ministers at 1 pm at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru

Karnataka transport minister DC Thammanna was caught on camera abusing people of Mandya during an event. He was seen questioning people if they were not ashamed to ask him for favours. All this after  JDS candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy was defeated in the recent Lok Sabha election. Independent candidate Sumalatha emerged victorious.

People have not accepted the alliance between the JD(S) and the Congress in Karnataka, said Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh. 'I tried to convince the Congress, but they decided to listen to the JD(S) instead and lost the elections,' added Sumalatha, who contested as an independent.

Several BJP leaders were present in SM Krishna's residence, including Mandya independent MP Sumalatha

Bengaluru: Karnataka saw a number of new candidates winning the Lok Sabha election. At least 10 winners will be entering the Parliament for the first time.

BJP won 25 seats and one independent supported by BJP too won the election, leaving one seat each for Congress and JD(S) out of 28 constituencies.

Here is the list of 10 Karnataka MPs who made it to the Parliament for the first time.

The people of Mandya turned out in support of independent candidate Sumalatha and chose her over chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's son

JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy's supporters attacked supporters of Sumalatha in Mandya, all because she was leading in the constituency. 

It is a lesson for the people who play negative politics, Sumalatha hit out at her opponents and said she was still digesting the fact that she has won the Lok Sabha election in Mandya, Karnataka.

Days after Kamal Haasan courted controversy by stating that independent India’s first extremist was a terrorist, the Madras high court has granted anticipatory bail to Makkal Needhi Maiam president. The actor had applied for anticipatory bail on May 16.
 

COT Naseer, an independent candidate from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency and a former CPM leader was attacked by two people on Saturday evening in Thalassery, Kerala.
 

Days after his remark about independent India’s first extremist being a Hindu, referring to Nathuram Godse, during a rally at a Muslim dominated area, actor-turned-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder has said that every religion has its own terrorist.

Just days after Kamal Haasan courted controversy by stating that independent India’s first terrorist was a Hindu, a daily Namadhu Amma has gone on to make a commentary on Kamal Haasan, which has sent shockwaves across the country.

Haasan had on May 12 said, “I am not saying this because many Muslims are here, I am saying this in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue. The first terrorist in independent India is a Hindu, his name is Nathuram Godse.”

As Kamal Haasan’s remark about “first Hindu terrorist in independent India” has created a storm across the globe, we give you five other instances to exhibit to what lengths politicians and celebrities go in order to put Hinduism in bad light