Eleven rebel Congress MLAs in Karnataka, who resigned from their Assembly seats, skipped the party's legislature meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday, 9 July.
On Monday, 7 July, all ministers of the JD(S)- Congress coalition resigned to placate the rebel MLAs. Fourteen MLAs are now in a place about 90 km from Pune and will wait for the Speaker's decision on their resignations before taking a call on proceeding to Goa or returning to Bengaluru
- The BJP’s numbers in the 224-member Assembly have gone up to 107
- If the resignations of the 13 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the Cong-JD(S) coalition will fall to 103
- Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy had earlier said that the government will run smoothly.“The issue will be resolved, don’t worry,” he said
- Amid claims about hatching a conspiracy, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that BJP had nothing to with the turmoil
Rebel MLAs Write to Mumbai Police About Threat from Congress Leaders
In a letter signed by 14 rebel MLAs from Karnataka, they have written to the Mumbai police expressing their desire not to meet any Congress leaders anticipating ‘serious threat’
MLAs May Travel to Shirdi for Darshan
Karnataka Congress and JD(S) MLAs staying in Renaissance Hotel in Powai may be traveling to Shirdi on Saturday, 13 July, by a chartered plane to take darshan from Sri Saibaba.
On Friday, two batches of four MLAs each visited Sri Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi to take darshan of Lord Ganesha.
Karnataka Congress Rebel MLAs Skip Party Meet
Eleven rebel Congress MLAs in Karnataka, who resigned from their Assembly seats, skipped the party's legislature meeting in Benagluru on Tuesday, an official told IANS.
"None of the rebel legislators turned up for the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting despite giving them a notice on 7 July to be present at it in the Vidhan Soudha (state Secretariat)," party spokesman Ravi Gowda said.
BJP Indulging in Anti-Democratic Activities: Siddaramaiah
Former CM of Karnataka Siddaramaiah said, “Many senior leaders could not be made ministers in the first time. To accommodate them the ministers have submitted their resignations to the KPCC president. He should take a decision and inform now. As of now, there is a government and cabinet.”
He accused the BJP of indulging in “anti-democratic” activities. He said, “In 2018 people of Karnataka have not given BJP mandate, there was a fractured mandate. As per matter of fact, percent wise, both JD(S) and Congress put together have more vote share. And we (Congress) have more vote share than BJP.”