Politics

The 17 lawmakers, who brought down the HD Kumaraswamy government in a dramatic development, have been barred from contesting the by-election during the current term.

Sinh joined the BJP along with his wife Amita. He asserted that the entire country had reposed its faith in Narendra Modi's leadership and he too had decided to support the prime minister.

Prakash Javadekar said that since this is the first session of the recently-constituted 17th Lok Sabha, standing committees have not been formed as parties are yet to send names of their members.

The comments came shortly after Café Coffee Day owner VG Siddhartha’s body was found in the Netravathi River in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

In an informal discussion with party leaders in Parliament on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi insisted that the decision on the alternative arrangement after his resignation from the president’s post be expedited.

Tripathi had expressed this to his close associates before leaving the Raj Bhavan on Sunday, sourced said.

Jasram Gurjar, 40, was the BSP candidate from Behror constituency in the 2018 state assembly elections.

Shashi Tharoor said he hoped that the Congress Working Committee was taking the current situation 'very seriously' and doing its best to find a solution without further delay.

The former Karnataka Chief Minister's comment came hours after Janata Dal (Secular) leader GT Devegowda indicated that some of the party's lawmakers 'are of the opinion that' they 'should support the BJP from outside'.

BS Yediyurappa also announced waiver of weavers' loans, which now stands at around Rs 100 crore.

In a letter to the prime minister, Mamata Banerjee wrote, 'The issue is broadly of electoral reforms and specifically to prevent corruption and criminality in our democratic polity."

After offering Chief Engineer of the PWD Umesh Kulkarni a bouquet of flowers, a shawl and a coconut, the party workers said they hoped that this would do needful.

The Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka collapsed on Tuesday after the confidence motion moved by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was defeated in the Assembly, ending his 14-month long turbulent tenure.

BS Yeddyurappa, who is likely to take over as chief minister, also said his focus will be on farmers hard hit by drought and other problems.

Banerjee's missive comes in the backdrop of the Centre's bid to corporatise all the ordnance factories of the country, including the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), which has it's headquarters in Kolkata.

Javadekar claimed that the opposition's stand shows that it has been unable to reconcile with the Modi government's big win in the recent Lok Sabha polls. These parties are still depressed, he said.