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Supreme sagacity

In what is being interpreted as an interim order to deal with a specific situation, supreme sagacity was exhibited by the apex court on Friday. A three-member bench (Coram: AK Sikri, SA Bobde, Ashok Bhushan, JJ) upheld the dignity of the office of Governor, but cut the incumbent in Bengaluru to size by slashing down …

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May 19, 2018

Floor test | K’taka Governor appoints BJP MLA Bopaiah as pro tem Speaker

BJP leader Yeddyurappa, who was sworn-in as the Karnataka chief minister on Thursday, has to prove majority on Saturday, as ruled by the Supreme Court.

May 18, 2018

Karnataka power struggle: DMK leader Kanimozhi slams BJP, Yeddyurappa

In the wake of Karnataka power struggle, the DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and hailed the decision given by the Supreme Court saying that it has thwarted the efforts of the BJP to derail the Constitution. Asserting that BJP leader Yeddyurappa should resign as the chief minister of …

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May 18, 2018

Manipur Congress meets acting governor, stakes claim to form government

A Congress delegation in Manipur on Friday staked claim to form government in the state, Kh Jaikishan Singh, the spokesperson of the party’s state unit, said. The move comes following the political upheaval in Karnataka where the Congress-JD(S) combine protested against Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa to form the government. Nine …

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May 18, 2018

MLA Anand Singh abducted, alleges Congress

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad made a startling claim on Friday saying Vijayapura MLA-elect Anand Singh had been abducted by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which has to prove its majority in the Karnataka Assembly on Saturday. Anand Singh has been reportedly incommunicado for the last two days, and Azad said he had been held …

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May 18, 2018

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav meets Bihar Governor, stakes claim to form govt

The RJD was relegated to opposition in Bihar last year after the JD(U) walked away from the three-party alliance, which also involved the Congress, and joined hands with the BJP to form a new government under Nitish Kumar.

May 18, 2018

‘Single largest party’ Congress stakes claim to form govt in Goa

In the Assembly elections held in March last year, the Congress had bagged 17 seats in the 40-member House, falling short of the majority figure by four seats.

May 18, 2018

100% confident that we will prove full majority: Yeddyurappa

Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said the party would prove majority after the floor test on Saturday, as ruled by the Supreme Court on Friday. Yeddyurappa, who was sworn-in as the CM on Thursday, exuded confidence that BJP, short of eight seats to reach the majority mark, has enough numbers to win the …

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May 18, 2018

Congress seeks appointment with President Kovind over Karnataka issue

A source said though the party has sought an appointment tomorrow, they are likely to meet him next week in view of floor test in Karnataka Assembly

May 18, 2018

We will prove our majority on the floor of House: Prakash Javadekar

The three-judge Supreme Court bench on Friday ordered that the floor test should be conducted at 4 pm on Saturday.

May 18, 2018

Constitution wins, democracy restored: Surjewala on SC’s K’taka floor test order

Congress leaders and activists will lead protests at state capital and district headquarters across India.

May 18, 2018

Amid Karnataka drama, PM Modi calls JD(S) chief Deve Gowda

The fate of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka rests in the hands of Supreme Court, which is hearing the petition filed by the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular) against the Governor’s decision to invite the BJP to form government in the state. Amid all the drama that in unfolding in the southern …

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May 18, 2018

Karnataka hearing: Supreme Court orders floor test at 4 pm

The top court rejected the request of Mukul Rohatgi, the counsel of BS Yeddyurappa, to give some more time for the floor test. Advocate General's suggestion to allow the floor test through secret ballot was also turned down.

May 18, 2018

Congress decision to stake claim to form government in Goa a stunt: BJP

The ruling BJP on Thursday described the decision of Congress party to stake claim to form the government in Goa as a “stunt” and said the opposition party’s “dream” to acquire power in the coastal state will never be fulfilled. Seeking replication of the Karnataka example in Goa, the Congress decided to stake claim to …

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May 18, 2018

A trick missed?

While the legality of the invitation extended by Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s B S Yeddyurappa is now a question to be answered by the apex court, the political aspects of the move are for the party to consider. For it has at one stroke brought together two bitter rivals and …

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May 18, 2018

Karnataka fallout: Congress to stake claim to form govt in Goa, will meet Governor

Congress Legislature Party chief Chandrakant Kavlekar said the party will stake claim on Friday by submitting to Governor Mridula Sinha a formal letter containing signatures of all the 16 party MLAs.

May 17, 2018

Shatrughan Sinha slams BJP decision of forming government in Karnataka

In yet another attack on his own party BJP, disgruntled MP Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday slammed the party’s decision of forming a government in Karnataka saying that the politics of ‘jugaad’ and ‘arm twisting’ is neither acceptable nor desirable. In a series of tweets, the Patna Sahib MP mentions the examples of other states, saying …

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May 17, 2018