Live
- Achievement of Congress in last one year is 'big zero': Karnataka BJP President
- Strict action will be taken if adulterated food items are sold
- 6 sheep and 2 goats were killed by lightning.
- Indian mixed relay team breaks national record, wins gold in Asian Relays
- IPL 2024 Rohit Sharma incident: Broadcaster says committed to protecting players’ privacy
- Congress jailed me 20 times, says its ally Akhil Gogoi in Assam
- Taking wickets is key to stopping batters from big totals in T20s, says Harbhajan Singh
- Cyber DSP Giri Kumar reassured cyber victims
- At 59 per cent, Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency records highest-ever turnout: EC
- Odisha records 60.87 pc voter turnout
Amid MLAs resignation, Karnataka Congress in charge KC Venugopal rushes to Delhi
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been tasked to contact the dissidents in the party.
New Delhi: Caught off guard, Karnataka Congress in charge, KC Venugopal, rushed to Bengaluru on Saturday after eight Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MLAs resigned from the Assembly, bringing the coalition government into a minority.
Meanwhile former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been tasked to contact the dissidents in the party. According to sources, D K Shivakumar has also mounted efforts to convince the MLAs to come back.remain in the party fold.
The Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka appeared to have gone into a minority with 11 of the MLAs belonging to the two parties quitting the Assembly as the crisis deepened for the ruling dispensation.
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who belongs to the JD(S), is away in the US and is expected to fly back here on Sunday.
With today's developments, the strength of the ruling coalition in Karnataka has come down to 105, which is eight short of the half-way mark of 113 for a majority.
