In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it is again a contest between BS Raghavendra and Madhu Bangarappa in Shimoga. Congress is fighting the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka in an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular), led by Deve Gowda. read more

“I am very happy and very proud to be part of BJP. They have welcomed me very well. I beg you to give me a chance because a nationalist party and Modi have gained world renown,” Jadhav said. read more

Umesh Jadhav is expected to join the BJP soon and could be their candidate to against Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge for the Gulbarga seat in the Lok Sbaha elections. read more

The four MLAs have refused to bow to the party’s diktat, having already skipped a Congress legislature party meeting last month. read more

On the opening day of the budget session in Karnataka, four Congress MLAs remained absent from the assembly on Wednesday. read more

The absence of the four poses no immediate threat to the government. The JDS-Congress combine has 118 lawmakers in the 224-member Karnataka assembly. It is well above the majority mark – 113. read more

It said 123 of 222 winners secured victory with less than 50% of votes polled in their constituency in the May 12 assembly elections read more

Karnataka Congress leaders have left for New Delhi by a chartered plane to discuss with the high command the issues relating to cabinet expansion and portfolio allocation. read more

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he was conscious that he was not running a majority government but promised “a new kind” of coalition government that would become a model for the country. read more

Kumaraswamy’s Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government won the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly by a voice vote read more

Speaking to reporters before Kumaraswamy took the floor test to prove his majority in the Karnataka assembly, Yeddyurappa said he must keep his pre-poll promise or face a stir. read more

Ramesh Kumar previously served as the speaker of the assembly between 1994 and 1999. read more

With the support of 78 legislators and two independents, the Congress is set to get 22 of the 34 ministries in Karnataka, while the JD(S) will get the rest, including the chief minister’s post, for which HD Kumaraswamy was sworn in on Wednesday.  read more

Hindu Mahasabha had filed a plea seeking a declaration that the post-poll Congress-JD(S) alliance is a “fraud on the electorate and violative of the Constitution ... whereby electorate have been misled and deceived by both political parties.” read more

The speed with which the Congress party approached Janata Dal (Secular) obviated the stalemate that could have made the Governor’s invite to the Bharatiya Janata Party seem fair. read more