Karnataka Mlas Resignation  

With minister Nagesh's resignation, the number of the Congress-JD(S) coalition will come down to 105 which is one MLA short of majority, if all resignations are accepted by the Speaker

From holding meetings to convincing rebel MLAs to withdraw resignations and possibilities of reverse operation, here are latest details on developments in Karnataka post resignation of MLAs.

Following the resignation of 12 MLAs on July 6 and MLA Anand Singh's resignation on July 1, the BJP has booked rooms for MLAs at a prestigious hotel in the outskirts of Bengaluru to prevent poaching, said sources.

Despondency crept into the coalition ranks as chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked former chief minister Siddaramaiah to bring back his shishyas (disciples) who are camping at a resort in Mumbai.

Veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has blamed the BJP for the resignation of 12 MLAs in Karnataka. 

Here are the latest developments on Karnataka MLAs’ resignation. As CM Kumaraswamy is expected to arrive shortly, MLAs and disgruntled leaders are holding separate meetings to discuss future course of action

 

MB Patil, Karnataka’s home minister is facing flak by the Congress high command for having failed to gather information about the mass resignations.   

Leader of Opposition in Karnataka assembly BS Yeddyurappa has said that they are not ‘sanyasis’ to let go of an opportunity to form government in the state.

Leader of Opposition in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa has said that the coalition government has lost majority, and everything depends on Speaker Ramesh Kumar’s decision on accepting the resignations.
 

Here is what Telangana BJP leader Kishan Reddy has to say about the political crisis in Karnataka, after the resignation of 12 MLAs, yesterday.

In a bid to extricate the state from the present political impasse, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda has offered the post of CM to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. On the other hand, Congress wants to make another senior leader Ramalinga Reddy the second deputy chief minister

HD Deve Gowda, former Indian Prime Minister, is not happy with the present political imbroglio in the state. He said they (JD[S]) didn’t aspire for the CM’S post and it was the Congress which offered them the seat.
 

Pratap Gowda Patil, Congress MLA from Maski, has expressed his intent to the join the BJP. The formality is set to take place after Speaker Ramesh Kumar accepts the resignations.

Meta: Senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy (MLA from BTM Layout) has blamed deputy chief minister and Bengaluru Development minister G Parameshwara for his resignation
 

MLA Muniratna did not accompany the 10 MLAs who left for a Mumbai resort. The legislator will attend the audio release of the movie Kurukshetra, that he has bankrolled.