Bengaluru: Karnataka coalition government on the brink

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy says he wanted to resign after he returned from the US, but he added, he wanted to wait as the Congress aassured it would help save the government. The revelation was made in conversation with his father HD Deve Gowda.

Siddaramaiah, leader of the CLP, says it is the BJP MLAs who are goondas as they had nothing to do with MLA Sudhakar.

MLAs MTB Nagaraj and Sudhakar, who put in their papers, are all set to fly to Mumbai and join the other disgruntled MLAs.

Congress MLA Priyank Kharge says it is hte BJP which has orchestrated all the drama in the Vidhana Soudha.

After the huge political drama, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy may resign, allowing the Congress party to form a new government. Sources say that he arrived at this decision after consultations with his father HD Deve Gowda.

V Somanna in an angry mood says MLA Priyank Kharge is no human being at all.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala asks Bengaluru police to bring Sudhakar (MLA from Chikkaballapura) to Raj Bhavan in ten minutes.

Congress senior leader DK Shivakumar, who had been detained by the Mumbai cops, has started his return journey to Bengaluru. He said he had not been allowed to meet the disgruntled elements at the hotel. He blamed BJP for all the mess.

Karnataka assembly Ramesh Kumar will meet MLAs Sudhakar and MTB Nagaraj, who had tendered resignations earlier.

Former CM Siddaramaiah tries to pacify Sudhakar, the Congress MLA from Chikkaballapura.

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala aks cops to extend protection to Sudhakar, the Congress MLA from Chikkaballapur. He was manhandled earlier in the third floor of the Vidhana Soudha.

All doors of Vidhana Soudha shut after massive galata involving BJP and Congress leaders.

CLP leader Siddaramaiah  rushes to Vidhana Soudha to take stock of the situation.

Opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa says MLA Sudhakar's wife rang him up and asked him to provide protection to her husband while the leader termed Kumaraswamy's government as "goonda sarkar".

Opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa says Governor should take action and those who manhandled MLA Sudhakar should be arrested

Congress leader DK Shivakumar says he was not allowed to get into the hotel

As the fight continues in Karnataka, CM HD Kumaraswamy has left for an unknown place.

Two more Congress MLAs - Anjali Nimbalkar from Khanapura, Belagavi and Sowmya Reddy from Jayanagar, Bengaluru set to resign

Congress MLA from Chikkodi Ganesh Hukkeri says he has not submitted his resignation

Three more MLAs from Congress -MLA MTB Nagaraj from Hoskote, MLA Sudhakar from Chikkaballpura and MLA Ganesh Hukkkeri from Chikkodi tender their resignations to Speaker Ramesh Kumar

Karnataka: Congress leaders KC Venugopal, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara, MB Patil and Eshwara Khandre hold meeting at an undisclosed location, with legal advisers to discuss about the further action against the MLAs who have resigned.

Bengaluru: A bus, carrying JD(S) MLAs, arrives at Prestige Golfshire Club, Nandi hills road in Devanahalli. They were earlier staying at Taj West End hotel.

R.Shankar, lone MLA of KPJP who recently merged his party with congress after becoming Minister, has also submitted his resignation as Minister to Governor and directly left to bangalore international airport.

Roshan Baig to ANI: I'm hurt by the way Congress party treated me, I'll resign from my MLA post and join BJP 

Congress leaders arrive for a meeting at Kumara Krupa Guest House in Bengaluru. Karnataka Congress in charge KC Venugopal says, "Don't worry."

A bus, carrying JD(S) MLAs, leaves from Taj West End hotel to Golfshire, Nandi hills road in Devanahalli

Rebel Congress-JDS Karnataka MLAs who are staying at a hotel in Mumbai, likely to be shifted to Goa

Bengaluru: Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and others to meet at 7 pm

Karnataka Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar leaves for Mumbai from Bengaluru 

BS Yeddyurappa: Now we are going to have legislature party meeting and discuss in detail and inform Delhi. We are going to protest at all district headquarters on July 9. They must resign because they lost majority. We will discuss about political situation, drought situation and problems faced by people.Our demand is that the CM must resign immediately.

Bengaluru: Congress-JD(S) workers stage protest on the streets of the city alleging horse trading by BJP in the state

Deputy CM G Parameshwara met lawyers to discuss legal recourse. The state government is reportedly planning to invoke Article 164 (1B) of the Constitution, which allows disqualification of legislators on grounds of defection.
 

Maharashtra: Karnataka Independent MLA Nagesh has reached Sofitel hotel in Mumbai where other rebels Karnataka MLAs are staying. Nagesh has resigned as a minister,earlier today.

Congress MLA Soumya Reddy, daughter of Ramalinga Reddy (Congress MLA who had tendered his resignation), will come to Bengaluru tomorrow and attend the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting.

Senior Congress leaders to meet at 7 PM in Delhi today.

Karnataka chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy says he has no kind of anxiety about the present political development. He says he doesn't want to discuss anything about politics.

Karnataka CMO tweets that all JD(S) minsters have resigned, like the 21 Congress ministers who had resigned, Cabinet will be restructured soon.

Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar says, "Just now Mr Nagesh (Independent MLA who resigned as minister) called me and said that he has been hijacked by Mr Yeddyurappas' PA and the BJP. By the time I reached airport the flight had left."

JD(S) MLAs gather at the office of Karnataka minister and party leader HD Revanna