R Shankar  

Speaker Ramesh Kumar of the Karnataka Assembly has disqualified three rebel MLAs, namely R Shankar, Mahesh Kumathalli till the end of the current Assembly (May 2023). Will they be allowed to contest election? The disqualification order as #SimplifiedBy MyNation.

Revenge politics takes centre stage in Karnataka. While the BJP defeated the coalition government in the recent trust vote, Just For Laughs on MyNation tells you how the Speaker, in turn, left the BJP speechless by disqualifying three of the rebels

Two independent Karnataka MLAs H Nagesh and R Shankar, who were inducted into the Karnataka Cabinet on June 14 after humiliating defeat of Congress and JD(S) in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, are yet to get portfolios.

JD(S) leaders AH Vishwananth, Basavaraj Horatti and Congress leader K Sudhakar have openly expressed their anger against their parties for denying them ministerial post and inducting two independents instead
 

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala will administer the oath of office and secrecy to new members joining the state council of ministers at 1 pm at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru

Amidst withdrawal of support, chief minister Kumaraswamy said that he is calm, and he knows his strength. But one of the independents who withdrew support from Karnataka government is sure to join BJP.

Two independent MLAs have announced their decision to withdraw support from the current coalition government in Karnataka. Congress and the JD(S) have termed it Operation Lotus. The BJP has distanced itself and has instead blamed the Congress and the JD(S) of poaching.

There are plenty of rules, including Forest Conservation Act 1980, to get permission for any work to be conducted because Western Ghats is a forest zone. So, there is no point declaring the zone as an Eco Sensitive Area to curb any activities, said Karnataka forest minister R Shankar.