Karnataka Political Row

Karnataka crisis: Mumbai hotel cancels DK Shivakumar's booking after disgruntled MLAs write to cops seeking protection

The Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar and JD(S) MLA Shivalinge Gowda arrived in Mumbai Wednesday morning on a special flight from Bengaluru to meet rebel MLAs staying at Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel.

'I have a heart, no weapons,' says DK Shivakumar after cops stop him outside Mumbai hotel where rebel MLAs are stationed

Congress troubleshooter Shivakumar also noted that he had earlier played 'host to 120 MLAs from Maharashtra when Vilasrao Deshmukh was the chief minister'. Twelve MLAs are in the city since Saturday after resigning from the Karnataka Assembly membership.

Amid political upheaval in Karnataka, Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad accuses BJP of using governors to topple state governments

JDS rebel MLA H Vishwanath had said that 14 MLAs have jointly tendered their resignations to Karnataka Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar and requested him to accept them.

Karnataka political crisis: Rebel MLAs demand Mumbai Police protection ahead of visits by DK Shivakumar, HD Kumaraswamy

As the Karnataka political crisis continued to unravel, ten of the rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs staying in a Mumbai hotel wrote to Mumbai Police ahead of scheduled visits by Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and state minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday.

Karnataka political turmoil: Congress' DK Shivakumar meets HD Deve Gowda after mass resignation of 13 MLAs

After the dramatic turn of events, the Karnataka government appears to have fallen into a minority, forcing Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is in the US, to cut short his visit. He is expected to fly back in Bengaluru on Sunday.