Operation Lotus

‘High-voltage drama’: Congress on Arvind Kerjiwal's Rajghat visit, allegations of poaching against BJP

Earlier in the day, the AAP alleged that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were offered Rs 20 crore each by the BJP to switch sides

Arvind Kejriwal questions source of Rs 800 crore 'offered' by BJP to 40 AAP MLAs

Earlier, the AAP alleged that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were targeted by the BJP with an offer of Rs 20 crore each to switch sides, even as all the 62 of its legislators were accounted for during a meeting at Kejriwal's residence

After AAP visit to Raj Ghat against 'Op Lotus', BJP says it will 'purify' memorial with Gangal Jal

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said his party has been consistently asking the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to come clean on its excise policy

BJP's 'Operation Lotus' exposed after three Congress MLAs from Jharkhand caught with cash in Bengal

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that the BJP wants to topple the state government and the game plan of 'Hum Do' in Delhi is to do in Jharkhand what they did in Maharashtra by installing Eknath-Devendra duo

Congress' no-confidence motion against BS Yediyurappa defeated by voice vote after six-hour debate

Earlier, Siddaramaiah, alleging that the BJP government has lost the people's trust, had said that the BJP never had the mandate to rule the state

Karnataka political crisis: Squabbling Congress-JD(S) alliance may fall prey to ‘Operation Lotus-3’ as BJP sees best chance to form govt

The dissidents and the BJP, working in close coordination, are adopting the time-tested ‘R and R’ or ‘resign and reduce’ technique to topple the government without falling foul of the anti-defection law.

After Kumaraswamy's 'tape' trap of Yeddyurappa, Amit Shah should end Karnataka's botched Operation Lotus

For Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy to rescue his coalition government from BJP’s onslaught, an 80-minute audio tape did the trick.

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The CAG's report on Rafale confounds the already existing confusion about the real cost of the deal.

Mutually assured destruction in Karnataka: Not-so-internal rift between JD(S), Congress leaves no winners, only losers

Congress win in Karnataka 2018 elections gave the party a new lease of political life but the party also scripted a future (for the state) with an unlikely coalition which is at the epicentre of the current political crisis in the state.

Karnataka MLA poaching: 'BJP offered huge amount to JD(S) MLA last night,' says HD Kumaraswamy, BJP denies allegation

Karnataka CM and JD(S) chief HD Kumaraswamy said when approached by the BJP as part of the saffron party's 'Operation Kamala', the JD(S) MLA said he was not in need of a gift and would like to be left alone.