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Days after four Rajya Sabha TDP MPs joined the BJP, another member from Chandrababu Naidu's government joined the BJP on Thursday (August 1)

J Deepa, niece of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, floated the MGR-Amma Deepa Peravai in February 2017. She said it was a "bad experience" adding that she had to weather a lot of "abusive comments" while in politics.
 

Sanjay Singh, an Amethi royal and a close associate of the Gandhi family, resigned from the Congress on Tuesday and said he would join the BJP in support of PM Modi

 

Despite Kumaraswamy's efforts to hold on to power, Yediyurappa's dream has come true as the latter has been sworn in as chief minister. Meanwhile Just For Laughs on MyNation wonders what Speaker Ramesh Kumar must be thinking after resigning from his post.  

Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan had challenged Yeddyurappa, saying that there was no way that the state BJP president would become the CM. “If Yeddyurappa becomes the chief minister, I will work as watchman in his house for a day”, Zameer had said earlier.
 

Priyanka Chopra Jonas turns 37 today and no seems to be able to keep calm with a flurry of birthday wishes on social media
 

'I’m just gutted, the guys put in a huge amount of work to get this opportunity and we still could not quite get across the line,' said Kane Williamson, one of five New Zealand players who were part of the defeated Black Caps side in the World Cup final four years ago

 "In various states, the people's representatives and leaders of the Congress are joining the BJP. Congress has become a party engaged in increasing the membership of the BJP," Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said
 

Of the 10 MLAs who quit the Congress to join the BJP, three will be inducted into the Goa Cabinet. Three ministers from Goa Forward Party and an independent candidate will be dropped from the Cabinet.
 

Both parties have attempted to clarify that the meeting of Karnataka minister and JD(S) leader SR Mahesh and BJP leaders at Kumara Krupa Guest House in Bengaluru was just a coincidence

While Congress' MTB Nagaraj and K Sudhakar decided to resign taking the total resignations to 18 in Karnataka, several Congress leaders manhandled the MLAs, who resigned.

Speaking to reporters in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, the BJP president said that several leaders from the TDP, Jana Sena and the ruling YSRCP are all set to quit their party and jump ship to the BJP.

Speaking to reporters, former TRS MLA Somarapu Satyanarayana claimed that their party leaders had harassed him, including the police officers and hence decided to quit the party

Anticipating this development, 10 of the 14 rebel MLAs who have quit their posts, and are holed up in a Mumbai resort, had submitted a letter to the Mumbai Police stating that they face threats of visits by Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and DK Shivakumar

Deora had expressed his desire to quit after meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on June 26.