Mla  

Yeddyurappa clarified that the BJP MLAs had gathered together to discuss strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha election and that everything else was a rumour. He blamed that the chief minister had offered the BJP MLAs ministry and money.

The Karnataka BJP's Operation Lotus is making noise all over India, however one name that is missing during the entire episode is former deputy chief minister R Ashoka. The BJP this time instead has given importance to another Vokkaliga CN Ashwath Narayana. Ashwath Narayana was seen conversing with Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav is very evident that BJP planning to look beyond Ashoka who calls shots in Bengaluru

BJP leader and party spokesperson Vaman Acharya expressed that the saffron party wants to dislodge the current coalition government in Karnataka as it is corrupt. He said BJP has a list of 20 disgruntled MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) and 15 are willing to crossover

Just when two Congress MLAs withdrew their support from the coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara claimed that the coalition government is still stable even after their exit

While BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa, according to sources, is trying his last shot at forming the government in Karnataka, state Congress leaders are mulling Assembly dissolution to stop the opposition’s ploy

Amidst withdrawal of support, chief minister Kumaraswamy said that he is calm, and he knows his strength. But one of the independents who withdrew support from Karnataka government is sure to join BJP.

With two independent MLAs pulling out of the Karnataka government and showing interest in joining the BJP to install a stable government, the strength of the coalition government has come down to 118 seats in the 224-member Assembly.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor P Sathasivam, ministers G Sudhakaran, Mercykutty Amma, P Raju, MLA Mukesh, MPs Suresh Gopi, NK Premachandran, V Muraleedharan and O Rajagopal MLA attended the inauguration.

 

The ruling party in Karnataka claims that BJP is indulging in Operation Lotus with at least 13 MLAs, who are touted to be part of resort politics. The joke's on Rahul Gandhi for ridiculing PM Modi getting Philip Kotler award. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds

Two independent MLAs have announced their decision to withdraw support from the current coalition government in Karnataka. Congress and the JD(S) have termed it Operation Lotus. The BJP has distanced itself and has instead blamed the Congress and the JD(S) of poaching.

104 MLAs of Karnataka BJP have been holed up in hotels in Gurugram and Noida. The BJP MLAs were earlier in Delhi for the National Convention

Few Congress MLAs were spotted in a Mumbai hotel. Karnataka Congress accuses BJP of indulging in Operation Lotus.

Yuvraj Pokharna and Sakshi Agrawal from Surat are getting married on January 22. They've dedicated an entire page of their wedding card to explaining what they call "Rafaela truths". Actor Emraan Hashmi revealed that his son Ayaan has been declared cancer free. Ayaan was diagnosed with a rare case of kidney cancer in 2014 at the age of three. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Karnataka chief minister says it's Operation Lotus, but says he has everything under control. BJP's BS Yeddyurappa hits back.

Sensing trouble during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy finally relented to appoint a disgruntled Congress MLA as BDA chairman. However, according to sources, this move was made by Kumaraswamy’s father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda