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Bengaluru, May 16: As both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress- JD(S) alliance are claiming to form government in Karnataka, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the party has complete faith in Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to abide by the Constitution. "At this juncture, we have complete faith in the Governor that he will go by the Constitution and not

Bengaluru, May 16: Outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah turned "emotional" at a meeting of the party's new legislators on Wednesday while speaking on Congress' defeat in the assembly polls even as senior leaders blamed him for the result, party sources said. The 69-year-old leader received flak from several senior party MLAs, who held him responsible for the Congress' performance, citing his

Bengaluru, May 16: After reports came that 12 Congress MLAs were absent in the legislative meeting held earlier on Wednesday at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office, President G. Parameshwara said that all the party MLAs are intact. "All the MLAs are intact. Some of the MLAs were late, because they came in a special flight from Bidar," the KPCC President said. As per reports, 66 out

Bengaluru, May 16: Amid claims of MLAs being swoon by opponents in Karnataka, Congress Party leader MB Patil claimed that six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were in touch with his party. "We are all together. All this (Congress and JD (S) leaders changing sides) is false news. In fact, there are six BJP people who are in touch with us," Patil told media here. Meanwhile, Congress MLA NA

Bengaluru, May 16: Probable chief minister candidate of the Congress Party-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance, H.D. Kumaraswamy, on Wednesday stated that his decision to accept the alliance was to remove the black spot from his father, former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s career. “I have been presented with offers from both sides; I am not saying this loosely. There’s a black spot on my father’s

Bengaluru, May 16: A few MLAs are reportedly missing from the legislative party meeting that is ongoing at the Congress headquarters on Queens Road in Bengaluru. The missing Congress MLAs are: Anand Singh, Nagendra, Bhimanayak, Ganesh Hukkeri, Yashwanthrayagouda Patil, Tukaram, Mahantesh Kaujalagi, Satish Jarakiholi and Ramesh Jarakiholi. On the other hand a senior Janata Dal (Secular) leader

Bengaluru, MAY 16: BJP's Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he met Governor Vajubhai Vala and asked him to allow him to take oath as chief minister as the party had emerged the single largest party. Soon after he was elected leader of the BJP legislature party, Yeddyurappa drove to the Raj Bhavan here and handed him a letter about his unanimous election to the post. Yeddyurappa

Bengaluru, May 16: Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy was elected as the parliamentary chief of the party on Wednesday at a meeting held at Shangri-La hotel in Bengaluru's Vasantnagar. Kumaraswamy alleged that BJP leaders offered JD(S) MLAs Rs 100 crore and a cabinet post each. When asked how many JD(S) MLAs have been approached (by the BJP), H D Kumaraswamy says, 'many of them'. He was

Udupi, May 16: After the Bharatiya Janata Party made a clean sweep by winning all the five Assembly Constituencies in Udupi district in the 2018 State Assembly elections, the new MLAs have vowed to give priority to the development works. K Raghupati Bhat, who defeated his classmate turned political rival Pramod Madhwaraj in Udupi Assembly Constituency, said that this election had given him a

Bengaluru, May 16: Amidst attempt by the Congress and Janata Dal to keep Bharatiya Janata Party away from the power by forming a coalition government, the saffron party has intensified its attempt to poach their MLAs on Wednesday. Several prominent leaders issued statements in this regard as they interacted with reporters while arriving at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office on