Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar (File Photo/IANS)

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar resigns after Yediyurappa wins trust vote

Bengaluru (1 MIN READ): Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar resigned from the legislative post on Monday, 14 months after he was unanimously elected as the Speaker. “I am resigning from this august post as Speaker of the state legislative Assembly for personal reasons. I thank all the members for cooperating with me during my 14-month […]

Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar (File Photo/IANS)

Karnataka Assembly Speaker disqualifies 14 rebel MLAs day before Trust Vote

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 MLAs – 11 from Congress party and 3 from JD-S, under the anti-defection law. Among those disqualified include Roshan Baig, Anand Singh, H Vishwanath, ST Somashekhar. Rebel Congress MLA Shrimant Patil was also disqualified. The development has taken place a day before the newly formed BJP government […]

Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar (File Photo/IANS)

Karnataka Speaker finds rebel MLAs’ resignations ‘faulty’

Bengaluru:  Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Tuesday declined to accept the resignations of all the 13 Congress and JD-S rebel legislators, as eight were not in the prescribed format and five needed explanations to ensure they were in accordance with the anti-defection law. “I have summoned all the legislators of both the parties […]