In his resignation, National Media Coordinator of Congress party Rachit Seth wrote, 'After Rahul Gandhi's resignation as Congress President, there is no meaning for me to continue on this post.'
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday raised the issue of Wayanad farmer suicide in Lok Sabha targetting Modi Government. He asked Modi government to fulfil promises he has made to farmers till date.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday claimed that India is heading towards partition due to increasing population. He added that a law should be introduced to control increase in population.
Deve Gowda said making HD Kumaraswamy quit has been Yeddyurappa's suprabhata (good morning wish) since the day the coalition government came into being, adding that the present situation is worse than the Emergency.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar has issued prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, restricting the gathering of more than five persons and any form of protests within the two-km area around the Vidhana Soudha.
Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) government is still on shaky grounds. The government has lost support of 18 MLAs as of now. If resignations of these MLAs are accepted, Kumaraswamy government may topple.
The new MLAs will be meeting Amit Shah in Delhi at 10 a.m.," Sawant told reporters at Goa's Dabolim international airport, before heading for New Delhi.
Amid an ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, Section 144 has been imposed at the state assembly Vidhana Soudha from 11 to 14 July, according to ANI reports. It prohibits an assembly of more than 4 people in an area.
Shivakumar and others reached Mumbai early on Wednesday and attempted to meet the 10 Karnataka legislators put up at the Hotel Renaissance in Powai.
Ten Congress MLAs out of 15 have split from the Congress and are going to merge with the BJP later tonight, Congress MLA Isidore Fernandes told reporters on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court decided Wednesday to accord urgent hearing on Thursday to a petition filed by 10 rebel MLAs of Congress and JD(S) alleging that the Karnataka Assembly Speaker was not accepting their resignations deliberately.
This has taken the total number of rebels to 16. As many as 14 MLAs from both parties have already tendered resignation, reducing the ruling coalition to a minority.
The 13-month old Congress-JD(S) government plummetted into a crisis following the resignation of 11 MLAs last week.
Before going to meet the Governor, the BJP's state leaders, legislators and cadres will also stage a demonstration before Mahatma Gandhi statue near the Vidhan Soudha. Leaders of the BJP state unit will also meet the Speaker asking him to direct Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to seek trust vote as his government has 'lost' the majority.
In their application, Karnataka rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs alleged that the Speaker has become incommunicado to them and the due process of law relating to acceptance of resignation is being halted with a malafide political intent to save the coalition government which has turned into minority in assembly.
The YSR Congress MP said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in 2014 that Andhra Pradesh would be given special category status but it was yet to be fulfilled, and requested the government to sanction it "without any delay".
The multiple news reports shared by Priyanka Gandhi talked about the patients being treated in Rae Bareli, Etawah, Sambhal and Lalitpur by doctors who put on mobile phone torches and torches to see the patients.
The voting on the Finance Bill is also expected to be taken up on Wednesday afternoon and the ruling BJP issued a whip to its members to be present in the House.
The letter signed by 10 MLAs said they have heard that Kumaraswamy , Shivkumar and others are going to storm the hotel premises they are staying in and they feel threatened by this.
CM H.D. Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka could be asked to prove its majority in the Assembly on July 17 by Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar who refused on Tuesday to accept resignations of all the 13 Congress and JD-S legislators
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