News On Karnataka Politics

Karnataka politics updates: Speaker says Independent R Shankar, two Congress legislators disqualified for current Assembly term

Karnataka news LIVE updates: Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced that Independent MLA R Shankar and two Congress legislators Ramesh Jarakiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli have been disqualified for the rest of the tenure of the Assembly as per the 10th Schedule of the Constitution.

Congress accuses BJP of 'heinous horse-trading' after Karnataka government loses trust vote in Assembly

The Congress accused the BJP of carrying out 'one of the most heinous' horse-trading the country has ever seen and said it will hold nationwide protests against the 'immoral political destabilisation' after Karnataka government collapse

Karnataka Assembly Floor Test Updates: HD Kumaraswamy is now caretaker CM; Congress blames BJP for fall of govt

Karnataka Assembly Floor Test LIVE Updates: Upon accepting HD Kumaraswamy's resignation, Governor Vajubhai Vala told him to continue as the caretaker chief minister of Karnataka till a new government takes over. Vala also told Kumaraswamy that no executive decisions can be taken during this period.

HD Kumaraswamy never had mandate to rule Karnataka; fall of Congress-JD(S) govt was inevitable

The JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka has fallen 12 days after Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy sought to move the confidence motion in the state Assembly.

Karnataka political crisis: Only option left for BJP, Congress-JD(S) rebel MLAs is no-trust motion against Speaker Ramesh

The political drama in Karnataka will resume today after the weekend break. The widespread expectation is that KR Ramesh, Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly, will have written a brand new script to avoid voting in the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.

Karnataka Assembly trust vote updates: No floor test today; Speaker adjourns House till 11 am tomorrow

Karnataka Assembly trust vote LIVE Updates: The floor test will not be held on Thursday as Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar adjourned the House till 11 am on Friday.

Karnataka trust vote: Supreme Court's order on political crisis in contradiction to 10th Schedule, writes constitutional lawyer

Critiquing the Supreme Court's order on Karnataka political crisis, lawyer Gautam Bhatia argued that it is in violation of the Tenth Schedule. 'The Court’s attempted 'balance' is to give both parties freedom to act: the Speaker has the freedom to decide on the petitions, while the rebel MLAs have the freedom not to attend the proceedings of the House. However, on closer scrutiny, this balance is not a balance at all, as the second part of the order – on the issue of attending the proceedings of the House – effectively and presumptively holds the resignations to be valid until and unless the Speaker decides otherwise.'

Karnataka crisis: Kumaraswamy moves confidence motion in Assembly; Yeddyurappa says trust vote should be completed in a day

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy moved the confidence motion in the Assembly with the 14-month old Congress-JD(S) government headed by him hanging by a thread after a rebellion by a section of ruling coalition lawmakers.