Karnataka Legislative Council polls: BJP falls one seat short of gaining majority

The BJP and the Congress bagged 11 seats each, the Janata Dal (Secular) two and an Independent candidate secured the Belagavi constituency.

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· Dec 15, 2021 · 11:04 am

Karnataka bye-polls: Siddaramaiah steps down as leader of Congress legislature party after defeat

The BJP won 12 of the 15 constituencies where bye-polls were held.

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· Dec 09, 2019 · 05:31 pm

Karnataka: Tussle over portfolios between Congress and JD(S) has kept Cabinet from being formed

Home, revenue, finance and geology and mines are the ministries being keenly sought after by both parties, said Congress officials.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 30, 2018 · 12:58 pm

Karnataka: Hours before swearing-in as CM, Kumaraswamy says party won’t go back on pre-poll promises

The Bharatiya Janata Party protested in many parts of the state while observing Wednesday as ‘anti-people’s mandate day’.

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· May 23, 2018 · 01:53 pm

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 mapscoun

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