Congress-jds Coalition

Congress president D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Basavaraj Bommai had no morality to speak, as he was running a "coalition government" with the support of defected Congress-JD(S) MLAs.

The Congress in Karnataka on Monday inducted a businessman, who is alleged to be one of those who played a key role in 'Operation Kamala', which led to the collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in 2019.

Phone numbers liked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday allotted portfolios to 10 ministers who had joined the cabinet last week, largely fulfilling his government's promise of rewarding those who had helped the BJP grapple its way back to power in the state.

The ruling BJP swept the Karnataka assembly bypolls on Monday, winning 12 of 15 seats to give the party a big boost after its Maharashtra setback. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's four-month-old government -- formed with a narrow majority after defections from the previous Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition -- needed only seven seats for a majori...

A rich BJP candidate in Karnataka has just got richer by crores, and it's raising many an eyebrow in the southern state. MTB Nagaraj, who used to represent Hoskote in the state assembly, has added an additional Rs 185 crore to his net worth since the day he left the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition earlier this year.

Less than a week after the Election Commission announced by-elections to constituencies represented by 15 out of 17 disqualified former Congress-Janata Dal Secular MLAs, a war of words started today between former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy, with the both of them blaming each other for the collapse of the Congress-JDS coalition...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the pleas of the disqualified Karnataka MLAs whose resignations led to the fall of the Congress-JDS coalition and for which they were barred from elections till 2023

Petitions challenging the disqualification of some of the 17 rebel MLAs of the Karnataka assembly - whose resignation led to the collapse of the Congress-HD Kumaraswamy's coalition government earlier this year -- is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court today. By-elections have to be held in the state if the court decides to uphold the disquali...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday came down heavily on Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy for treating him as an "enemy". He blamed him for the slump of Congress-JDS coalition government in the state.

JDS patriarch HD Deve Gowda on Thursday indicated that the Congress-JDS coalition government collapsed because the national party's high command decided to make his son HD Kumaraswamy the chief minister without consulting its leader Siddaramaiah.

BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka last Friday, won the trust vote in the state assembly, prove majority of his three-day old government. Mr Yediyurappa said he would not indulge in "politics of vengeance" and that he believed in the "forget and forgive principle". The trust vote comes a day after eleven rebel lawmaker...

The BJP's BS Yediyurappa was sworn in for the fourth time as Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday, three days after the fall of the 14-month-old Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition in a test of strength. Mr Yediyurappa says he will prove his majority in the Assembly at 10 am on Monday. His BJP, with the support of 106 lawmakers, is six short of a m...

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has alleged that "brazen horse-trading" and "misuse of power" by the BJP has led to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the BJP on Tuesday after the fall of 14-month-old JDS-Congress government in Karnataka and said the rival party will discover one day that "everything cannot be bought".

Congress president D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Basavaraj Bommai had no morality to speak, as he was running a "coalition government" with the support of defected Congress-JD(S) MLAs.

The Congress in Karnataka on Monday inducted a businessman, who is alleged to be one of those who played a key role in 'Operation Kamala', which led to the collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition government in 2019.

Phone numbers liked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday allotted portfolios to 10 ministers who had joined the cabinet last week, largely fulfilling his government's promise of rewarding those who had helped the BJP grapple its way back to power in the state.

The ruling BJP swept the Karnataka assembly bypolls on Monday, winning 12 of 15 seats to give the party a big boost after its Maharashtra setback. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's four-month-old government -- formed with a narrow majority after defections from the previous Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition -- needed only seven seats for a majori...

A rich BJP candidate in Karnataka has just got richer by crores, and it's raising many an eyebrow in the southern state. MTB Nagaraj, who used to represent Hoskote in the state assembly, has added an additional Rs 185 crore to his net worth since the day he left the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition earlier this year.

Less than a week after the Election Commission announced by-elections to constituencies represented by 15 out of 17 disqualified former Congress-Janata Dal Secular MLAs, a war of words started today between former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy, with the both of them blaming each other for the collapse of the Congress-JDS coalition...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the pleas of the disqualified Karnataka MLAs whose resignations led to the fall of the Congress-JDS coalition and for which they were barred from elections till 2023

Petitions challenging the disqualification of some of the 17 rebel MLAs of the Karnataka assembly - whose resignation led to the collapse of the Congress-HD Kumaraswamy's coalition government earlier this year -- is expected to be heard by the Supreme Court today. By-elections have to be held in the state if the court decides to uphold the disquali...

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday came down heavily on Janata Dal Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy for treating him as an "enemy". He blamed him for the slump of Congress-JDS coalition government in the state.

JDS patriarch HD Deve Gowda on Thursday indicated that the Congress-JDS coalition government collapsed because the national party's high command decided to make his son HD Kumaraswamy the chief minister without consulting its leader Siddaramaiah.

BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka last Friday, won the trust vote in the state assembly, prove majority of his three-day old government. Mr Yediyurappa said he would not indulge in "politics of vengeance" and that he believed in the "forget and forgive principle". The trust vote comes a day after eleven rebel lawmaker...

The BJP's BS Yediyurappa was sworn in for the fourth time as Karnataka Chief Minister on Friday, three days after the fall of the 14-month-old Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition in a test of strength. Mr Yediyurappa says he will prove his majority in the Assembly at 10 am on Monday. His BJP, with the support of 106 lawmakers, is six short of a m...

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has alleged that "brazen horse-trading" and "misuse of power" by the BJP has led to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the BJP on Tuesday after the fall of 14-month-old JDS-Congress government in Karnataka and said the rival party will discover one day that "everything cannot be bought".