The roadshow, earlier scheduled to be held for eight hours on Saturday alone, was then split into two parts on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1.30 pm to prevent inconvenience to the general public.
The crucial byelections to 15 assembly constituencies in Karnataka that will determine the fate of Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa led BJP government will be held on Thursday amid concerns of political parties of a possible low voter turnout.
Karnataka: BJP government collapses as Yeddyurappa resigns as CM without facing trust vote
Karnataka: BJP government collapses as Yeddyurappa resigns as CM without facing trust vote
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 19 May 2018, 06:56:11 PM
New Delhi:
After days of intense political hustling along with the judiciary by the Congress-Janata Dal-Secular combine and the BJP over the government formation in Karnataka, the newly sworn-in Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa resigned on Saturday without facing the floor test scheduled at 4pm on Saturday. I am going to resign as chief minister..I will go to Raj Bhavan and submit my resignation, Yeddyurappa said two days after donning the mantle of the state chief minister.
LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepts resignations of BS Yeddyurappa, B Sriramulu as members of Parliament
LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepts resignations of BS Yeddyurappa, B Sriramulu as members of Parliament
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Nabanita Chakorborty | Updated on: 22 May 2018, 07:58:07 PM
New Delhi:
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday accepted the resignations of BJP leaders BS Yeddyurappa and B Sriramulu as the members of Parliament.
Yeddyurappa and Sriramulu resigned from the Shivamogga and Bellary parliamentary constituencies following their election to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday, according to Lok Sabha Secretariat sources.
Both the BJP leaders had submitted their resignations a day before the floor test, ordered by the Supreme Court to check the majority of the day-old Yeddyurappa government in the Karnataka hung assembly.
BS Yeddyurappa s 3-day stint as CM among shortest, Know other CMs with short tenures
BS Yeddyurappa s 3-day stint as CM among shortest, Know other CMs with short tenures
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 19 May 2018, 07:41:27 PM
New Delhi:
BS Yeddyurappa’s three-day tenure as the Karnataka chief minister has turned out to be one of the shortest in Indian history.
The 75-year old BJP leader was sworn in as CM of Karnataka on 17 May, and resigned before facing a floor test on Saturday as ordered by the Supreme Court.
The BJP veteran’s initiation to the league of chief ministers with tenures of a few days, however happened over a decade ago. In 2007, Yeddyurappa had to resign as the chief minister of Karnataka after just eight days in charge.