In a massive crisis for the coalition government in Karnataka, eight Congress and three Janata Dal Secular legislators have submitted their resignations to the office of the Speaker in his absence; PM Modi, in his second visit to Varanasi after 2019 election win, has launched a membership drive for BJP; Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a court in Patna, in a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi for allegedly saying "all thieves have the surname Modi".
