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 In an exclusive with Mynation on World Sanskrit Day, Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University has said the ancient language can augment prospects of an atmanirbhar Bharat.
 

 Sanskrit can play an important role to realize the dream of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”: Ramesh Kumar Pandey, Vice-Chancellor, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University 

The Karnataka BJP lodged a complaint with the chief electoral officer in relation to former Speaker Ramesh Kumar using unparliamentary words during election campaign.  

16 disqualified MLAs of the Congress and the JD(S) joined the BJP. 

Post the verdict of the Supreme Court on the disqualification case of MLAs, what are the lessons for the Speaker, which will have a bearing on future cases too? Watch SimplifiedBy Supriya Krishnamurthy and Vicky Nanjappa on MyNation.

Within hours of the Supreme Court verdict, allowing the disgruntled Karnataka MLAs to contest the by-polls, CM BS Yediyurappa announced that the MLAs would join the party. 

The Supreme Court has underlined the fact that ‘morality’ should never be compromised in politics. 

Key Karnataka leaders – from both BJP and Congress – CM BS Yediyurappa and former CM Siddaramaiah have welcomed the top court’s verdict on disqualification. 

Will the Congress and the JD(S) file a review petition before the top court in relation to the verdict on seventeen disqualified MLAs? 

17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs can contest the upcoming by-polls on December 5, but their disqualification holds good, the Supreme Court observed.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa spoke to the disqualified seventeen Karnataka MLAs camping in New Delhi ahead of the supreme court verdict. He promised them that he would stand by them, come what may. 

There are two likely scenarios that might emerge in the supreme court’s ruling in relation to the disqualification of 17 Karnataka MLAs on Wednesday (November 13). 

As the country’s top court continued hearing the disqualification case of 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs, Mukul Rohatgi and two other lawyers, representing them put forth their arguments, asking the top court to stay the Speaker’s order on disqualification. 

A lawyer by name Shiva Reddy has filed a complaint against former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar for an alleged fraud that took place during his term as health minister, as elucidated in a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report

 

Nine Congress and JD(S) rebel MLAs from Karnataka approached the Supreme Court against former speaker Ramesh Kumar's order of disqualifying them from contesting election till 2023.