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JDS MLA GT Devegowda has said he would retire from electoral politics. He career has spanned well over 4 decades and he is known to be very frank in his thoughts and speeches. 

In a meeting held on Friday at the Taj West End Hotel in Bengaluru after Yediyurappa took oath as Karnataka CM, the JD(S) legislators seemed split into two factions - one stating that the party needs to support BJP either by aligning with it or by supporting it from the outside and the other stating that they need to remain as the opposition, said party leader GT Devegowda
 

Under pressure from various quarters for his alleged interference into the activities of other ministries, HD Revanna, the minister for public works said whatever happens, happens due to God’s will

The ‘unscheduled’ and ‘unplanned’ meeting between Karnataka tourism minister Sa Ra Mahesh and BJP national general secretary Muralidhar Rao has apparently left top leaders unhappy. While Amit Shah gave a dressing down to Rao, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy pulled up Mahesh

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

The issue of JDS leaders, especially minister and chief minister Kumaraswamy’s brother HD Revanna's interference in the affairs of the Congress party and his loose talks have damaged the JDS.  Now 13 MLAs from both JDS and Congress have tendered their resignations. It has come as a rude shock to the touring Karnataka chief minister.  

Karnataka MLC Basavaraj Horatti was allegedly threatened and abused by an Army man while he was travelling to Hubballi on the Rani Chennamma Express

Deve Gowda told Rahul Gandhi, "I told them we didn't want coalition government, but Congress leaders approached us."

If rumours are anything to go by, JDS President H Vishwanath who is hell-bent on his resignation as the party president is likely to join BJP. However, JDS leaders have denied this development and say that are just rumours.

JDS leader Revanna had earlier said that he would quit politics if Modi came back to power. BJP leader R Ashok took Revanna to task and asked the time of his quitting politics.

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, former chief minister Veerappa Moily, 10-time MLA and 2-time MP Mallikajuna Kharge, 7-time MLA KH Muniyappa and Ballari by-election hero VS Ugrappa tasted defeat in the hands of BJP opponents this Lok Sabha election in Karnataka
 

GT Devegowda, one of the most senior leaders of the JD(S) in Karnataka, has openly confessed that many party loyalists have voted in favour of the BJP as they feel let down at the local level. BJP MLA CT Ravi went on to add that many others have confirmed the change in the voting pattern in favour of the BJP.

The names of seven JD(S) workers who travelled to Colombo are Puttaraju and Maregowda (missing), and M Rangappa, KG Hanumantharayappa, Ramesh, Laxmi Narayan and Shivakumar, who are confirmed dead.

 

Karnataka minister and senior JDS leader Revanna launched a scathing attack on PM Modi and questioned what he had done in the last five years. He also said he will retire if Modi won a second term