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Karnataka Election Result 2018: Congress, JDS MLAs troop out from Bengaluru to Hyderabad in a bus to 'stop horse trading'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoMidnight action spilled over into the wee hours of Friday as Congress MLAs holed up in Eagleton resort and JD(S) MLAs in Shangri La hotel in Bengaluru made their way to other south India locations - Kochi, Puducherry and Hyderabad. The Kochi batch is travelling by road and most likely the Puducherry faction too.
Karnataka polls: SC's refusal to defer BS Yeddyurappa's swearing-in defies logic, adds to suspense
Padmanabha • 7 years agoMeanwhile, Yeddyurappa waived farmers' loans but the question arises that how did he do that? He called a cabinet meeting to arrive upon the decision but who attended it? Only him.
Governor Vajubhai Vala administers oath to BS Yeddyurappa; Congress, JD(S) claim democracy murdered in Karnataka
Ians • 7 years agoVala on Wednesday night invited Yeddyurappa to form the government and prove within 15 days that he had majority in the legislative Assembly.
Karnataka Election Result 2018 updates: On first day as CM, BSY shakes up top bureaucracy, rejigs police force
Fp Staff • 7 years agoNewly-sworn-in Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa addressed the media today. One of the first decisions that Yeddyurappa took as part of the one-man Cabinet was to waive off farm loans for 1 lakh farmers.
Mumbai Congress stages protest against BJP, terms BS Yeddyruppa's swearing-in as Karnataka CM 'illegal appointment'
Ians • 7 years agoHundreds of Congress activists staged a noisy protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for what they termed the "illegal appointment of the new chief minister in Karnataka," an official said on Thursday.
Karnataka Election Result 2018: Ram Jethmalani moves SC against governor's decision to invite BS Yeddyurappa to form govt
• 7 years agoSenior lawyer and jurist Ram Jethmalani on Thursday moved the Supreme Court in his personal capacity against the Karnataka governor's decision to invite the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government in the state, saying it was a "gross abuse of constitutional power".
Karnataka elections: Rahul, Yashwant Sinha, Kejriwal slam SC decision not to stay BSY's swearing-in, say India will mourn the day
Fp Staff • 7 years agoYeddyurappa announced that he had been sworn in as Karnataka chief minister and urged people to maintain faith in the BJP. He said, "I have been sworn in as the Chief Minister in the name of farmers. This is because you trusted and trusted us. It is our responsibility to make sure that the state wants to move on the progress path. Be with us as usual. Let's make your dreams come true. Thank you."
BJP accusing Congress of defying people's mandate in Karnataka rings hollow; Arun Jaitley's words after Goa polls show why
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe BJP, which has accused the Congress of trying to defy the mandate of the people of Karnataka, however, seem to have forgotten they set the precedent for this in Goa and Manipur.
After marathon midnight hearing, Supreme Court says no stay on Yeddyurappa swearing in
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe results of Karnataka Assembly polls must have come as a disappointment for Congress and its ambitions for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, but it can take some solace from the fact that it was able to deny BJP an outright victory in the crucial southern state
Karnataka takeaways: BJP no longer party of north, Rahul Gandhi's faux humility and shaping up of third front
Sreemoy Talukdar • 7 years agoCongress's biggest takeaway is the nimbleness and hunger that it has shown post results in forming a government which is a welcome change from the laissez faire politics