Kumaraswamy resigned on July 23 after he lost the trust vote in the state legislative Assembly that he moved on July 18There are allegations that during the last few months of his tenure, the H.D. Kumaraswamy government tapped mobile and landline phones of BJP’s state leaders
1 min read18 Aug 2019Deve Gowda says restructuring the entire party is his biggest priority and challenge. He will start a tour of the stateThe former prime minister shares his thoughts on the Congress, BJP, and the absence of an opposition party in India since Modi’s return to office
4 min read4 Aug 2019The Kumaraswamy government in the state has fallen after a prolonged power tussle that’s best described as an embarrassment to the electoral democracy we are so proud of
2 min read23 Jul 2019Impasse seems to inch toward a Constitutional crisis with governor Vala unsuccessfully trying to interveneBoth the ruling coalition and Oppn traded allegations during debate on a confidence motion
2 min read20 Jul 2019Both sides claim to have the numbers to make it throughThe coalition blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah for engineering the crisis
2 min read18 Jul 2019The Speaker is yet to meet any of the legislators to decide if resignations were voluntaryStatus quo by the Supreme Court has added to confusion over the scope of the whip
3 min read13 Jul 2019At least 10 legislators from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) are lodged in the Renaissance hotel in PowaiThe legislators have refused to meet senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar
1 min read10 Jul 2019Congress party and its allies raised the issue as soon as the House proceedings began on MondayThe Congress also gave an adjournment motion notice on ’BJP trying to topple Congress-JDS government in Karnataka’ in the lower house
1 min read8 Jul 2019Nine legislators from the Congress and three from the JD(S) handed their resignations to the assembly speakerIt would bring the one-year-old coalition government led by chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on the brink of a collapse
2 min read6 Jul 2019Making matters worse, JD(S) leader G.T. Deve Gowda said BJP is not responsible for resignations of Congress MLAsRao is one of just two members in the state committee whose position has not been dissolved by the party in its reorganization exercise
2 min read3 Jul 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared