The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the schedule for elections to the seven seats of the Legislative Council that are falling vacant next month. Former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi and senior member Lahar Singh Siroya are retiring from the BJP. Two JD(S) and three Congress members are also on their way out. The EC … Read more
The contentious anti-conversion bill was tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, amid stiff opposition from the Congress. State Congress President D K Shivakumar even tore papers on his table, in protest against the introduction of the bill, which his party called “draconian and anti-constitution”. The “Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion … Read more
Senior Congress MLA and former Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar, who had courted controversy by saying “enjoy rape when it is inevitable” inside the Karnataka Assembly, apologised for his ‘off the cuff remark’ on Friday. “I would like to express my sincere apologies to everyone for the indifferent and negligent comment I made … Read more
The statement war in the Karnataka unit of the Congress over who should become the next CM if the Congress came to power continued on Wednesday too leaving the party state unit president DK Shivakumar upset, while ex-CM Siddaramaiah maintained silence. The legislature party leader (Siddaramaiah) will deal with MLAs issuing statements, Shivakumar said, expressing … Read more