As Speaker, KG Bopaiah saved Yeddyurappa govt in 2010
Karnataka Governor Vajubjai R Vala has appointed KG Bopaiah as the Pro Tem speaker to oversee Saturday's floor test where BJP will have to prove majority
Karnataka Governor Vajubjai R Vala has appointed KG Bopaiah as the Pro Tem speaker to oversee Saturday's floor test where BJP will have to prove majority
The Congress has approached Chief Justice Dipak Misra through SC registry. Party leader Abhishek Singhvi questioned the over two-week window given to the BJP to prove its majority in the House.
According to reports, he has 15 days to prove his majority in the House. "We received a communique from the Raj Bhavan, inviting Yeddyurappa to form the government and take oath at 9.30 a.m.," BJP state unit spokesman Vamanacharya said.
The Congress has decided to support the JD(S) to form a government in Karnataka to keep the BJP out of…
Omar Abdullah was referring to the post-poll situation in Karnataka where the BJP has staked claim to form the government despite being seven short of simple majority.
After 2008 state elections, when BJP was three seats short of majority to form government, former minister Gali Janardhana Reddy had worked out a method to secure the required support. The entire exercise came to be known as Operation Kamala. Read on
BJP garnered 51% of the share of voice, while Congress registered 42% and JD-S 7% of mentions on Twitter between April 25 and May 15
If the BJP wins the post-poll match, it will have 21st state in its kitty, ruling over 69% of India's population. And Congress will be reduced to just two states and a union territory – Punjab, Mizoram and Puducherry
Shah was addressing party workers at the party headquarters here after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka assembly elections
By the evening, it was apparent that Kumaraswamy, whose father is a former prime minister and staunch opponent of the BJP, could become the Chief Minister of Karnataka a second time.
