BJP’s defeat in Karnataka has exposed a chink in the armour of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah

BS Yeddyurappa’s admission that his party failed to lure away Congress legislators will provide a big boost to the opposition party ahead of the 2019 election.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 19, 2018 · 06:22 pm

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy to begin second stint as Karnataka chief minister on Monday

Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, K Chandrashekar Rao, and Mamata Banerjee likely to attend the oath-taking ceremony at Bengaluru’s Kanteerava stadium.

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· May 19, 2018 · 10:16 am

Karnataka results: SC to hear Congress’ plea against pro-tem speaker at 10.30 am on Saturday

The Congress had earlier released an audio clip alleging that it was a recording of BJP MLA Janardhana Reddy trying to bribe one of its legislators.

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· May 18, 2018 · 10:18 am

Karnataka: Supreme Court will today hear Congress-JD(S) plea against BJP forming government

The judges had said Yeddyurappa’s swearing in would be subject to the final outcome in court.

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· May 18, 2018 · 07:41 am

New legislator R Shankar’s ever shifting loyalty adds a comic subplot to Karnataka’s political drama

The lone MLA from the Karnataka Praja Janata Paksha party has already flitted at least five times between the BJP and the Congress-JD(S) coalition.

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· May 17, 2018 · 04:53 pm

‘Defeat of democracy’ vs ‘opportunist offer’: Rahul Gandhi and Amit Shah trade jibes over Karnataka

The Congress president accused the BJP of celebrating a ‘hollow defeat’.

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· May 17, 2018 · 01:50 pm

Karnataka has delivered a reminder: Opposition will have to get its act together – and get together

The Karnataka story is far from over, but the battle for 2019 has begun.

Neerja Chowdhury

· May 17, 2018 · 08:00 am

Hanging by a thread: The Karnataka verdict explained in 22 charts and maps

These elections demonstrate that opposition parties will have to come together to defeat the BJP in 2019.

Gilles Verniers

· May 17, 2018 · 07:30 am

Flashback 2008: Karnataka verdict brings back disturbing memories of BJP’s Operation Lotus

The BJP’s ten-year-old strategy to poach MLAs set off a long period of instability. Murmurs of its revival have begun after Tuesday’s verdict.

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· May 17, 2018 · 06:30 am

BJP – or Congress plus JD(S)? Karnataka needs stability and better administration, say voters

From attempts at coalition governments to horse-trading to resort politics, old-timers in state capital Bengaluru have seen it before.

Nayantara Narayanan

· May 16, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Karnataka: JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy accuses BJP of attempting to poach its legislators

He urged the governor to not take any decision that would encourage horse-trading.

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· May 16, 2018 · 01:44 pm

As Janata Dal (S)’s Kumaraswamy makes bid to be Karnataka chief minister, rumblings in Gowda family

HD Deva Gowda was not happy with the Congress opening channels with both him and his son, party officials said.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 16, 2018 · 12:04 pm