Tag: JD(S)

Karnataka speaker disqualifies rebel MLAs for defying whip

The MLAs have been disqualified for defying their parties to attend the House on July 23 when former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy moved the confidence motion and lost by 6 votes.

July 28, 2019

Karnataka crisis: High drama as Shivakumar stopped outside Mumbai hotel, rebel MLAs refuse to meet him

The rebel MLAs have reportedly written to the Mumbai police stating that they felt 'threatened with the minister's arrival'.

July 10, 2019

Karnataka crisis: Congress-JD(S) alliance in turmoil, rebel MLAs shifted to ‘undisclosed’ location in Mumbai

A total of 15 MLAs have resigned from the ruling alliance - 10 from Congress and three from JD (S) by Saturday and two more, including one Independent on Monday.

July 9, 2019

Karnataka crisis: After 21 Congress ministers resign, 9 JDS ministers put in papers

"All JD(S) ministers have also resigned like the 21 Congress ministers who have submitted their resignations. The Cabinet will be reshuffled at the earliest," the Chief Minister's Office said on Twitter.

July 8, 2019

Siddaramaiah slams JD(S) leader Vishwanath as coalition partners bicker in Karnataka

Siddaramaiah also said that he is proud to be the “Chief Minister who has fulfilled all the promises made in the election manifesto”.

May 13, 2019

Sri Lanka serial blasts | Death toll rises to 310, 10 Indians among killed; 40 arrested

Earlier on Monday, the Sri Lankan government said that it suspected a local Islamist extremist group called National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ) to be behind the deadly suicide bomb blasts.

April 23, 2019

Two JD(S) workers among 6 Indians killed in Sri Lanka bomb blasts: HD Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy also said a 7-member team of JDS workers from Karnataka, who were touring Colombo, has gone missing after bomb blasts.

April 22, 2019

In Chitradurga, PM Modi accuses Congress-JD(S) of ‘neither respecting soldiers nor science’

The PM said that the two parties – Congress and JD(S) – created divide in the society based on religion and caste for votes during the state assembly elections last year.

April 9, 2019

‘PM Modi’s real surgical strike’: HD Kumaraswamy as I-T dept raids Cong, JD(S) leaders in Karnataka

The raids come a day after Kumaraswamy warned that he would follow what his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee did to counter the 'misuse' of central agencies.

March 28, 2019

Gowda family’s Lok Sabha ambitions face roadblocks

The constituency over which the former Prime Minister has held sway for long has over 15 lakh voters and comprises the assembly segments of Arkalgud, Kadur, Sakleshpur, Hassan, Holenarasipur, Belur, Shravanabelagola, Arsikere.

March 26, 2019

LS polls | Will form govt in Karnataka within 24 hrs if BJP wins 22 seats: Yeddyurappa

Voting for the Lok Sabha elections will be held across India in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the result will be declared on May 23.

March 13, 2019

At Rahul-Deve Gowda meet, JDS scales down demand for LS seats to 10 in Karnataka

The ruling coalition partners in Karnataka have held formal talks on seat sharing at the state level.

March 6, 2019

Congress MLAs unreachable to media, not to me: HD Kumaraswamy

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy rejected reports that some Congress MLAs have gone incommunicado and are unreachable to the Congress-JD(S) coalition.  

January 16, 2019

Karnataka bypolls: BJP on the backfoot in Bellary Lok Sabha seat | Congress-JD(S) make gains

Of the three Lok Sabha seats for which bypolls were held, two were in saffron control and one, Mandya, was held by Janata Dal (Secular). Bypolls were also held for two assembly segments – Jamkhandi and Ramanagara.

November 6, 2018

Karnataka bypolls | Voting underway; Yeddyurappa says son will win in Shivamogga

The bypolls for the three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly segments began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

November 3, 2018

Voting in Karnataka bypolls underway; litmus test for Congress-JD(S) combine

The bypolls for the three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly segments began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

November 3, 2018

Cong-JD(S) unity heats up political scenario in K’taka; BJP adopting methods to win seats

CM accused the BJP of resorting to Operation Kamal, an exercise known for luring Opp MLA's to switch sides through allurements.

September 17, 2018