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

Karnataka Speaker issues notice to 15 rebel MLAs

Bengaluru:  Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Monday issued a notice to 15 rebel legislators of the state’s ruling Congress-Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) coalition. In the notice, the Speaker asked the 15 MLAs to meet him in his office here on Tuesday at 11 a.m. to record their responses on their disqualification following a plea […]

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and Deputy CM G. Parameshwara (File Photo/IANS)

Karnataka crisis: Congress tries to woo rebel MLAs

Bengaluru:  The beleaguered ruling Congress in Karnataka is wooing some of its rebel MLAs to withdraw their resignations and help its tottering coalition government with the JD-S survive the political crisis gripping the state, a party official said on Saturday. “Our senior leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, D.K. Shivakumar and Krishna Byre Gowda […]