Karnataka crisis live updates: We have no objection to no-confidence motion, says BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddharamaiah: We will get most of the MLAs when the vote of confidence is moved

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy meets rebel Congress MLA MTB Nagaraj at Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah's residence in Bengaluru

The BJP will press Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to seek trust vote in the assembly on Monday, state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said on Saturday. The former chief minister asserted that the Congress-JD(S) coalition government has lost majority and its collapse was imminent

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath will be in Bengaluru on Sunday as his party battles a political crisis to save the coalition government in Karnataka (ANI)

BJP Leader B S Yeddyurappa having lunch with party MLAs

We have no objection to no-confidence motion. We will wait until Monday: BS Yeddyurappa

Rebel Congress MLA Nagaraj meets Siddaramaiah

Attempts are on to woo the rebel Congress MLAs, who have resigned from the Assembly, back into the party fold and make them withdraw their resignations. One of the rebel Congress MLAs M T B Nagaraj, who had resigned as an MLA, on Saturday met with senior Congress leader Siddaramiah. The meeting between the two at the former chief minister's residence came hours after Nagaraj held talks with Congress leader D K Shivakumar and Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.

Rebel MLAs at Saibaba temple in Shirdi

Rebel Congress MLA MTB Nagaraj on Saturday hinted at reconsidering his resignation after holding a meeting with party leader DK Shivakumar. "Situation was such that we submitted our resignations, but now DK Shivakumar and others came and requested us to withdraw resignations, I will speak to K Sudhakar Rao and then see what is to be done, after all, I have spent decades in Congress," Congress MLA and state minister MTB Nagaraj said after a meeting at his residence.

Five more rebel Karnataka Congress MLAs including Anand Singh and Roshan Baig have also moved Supreme Court against the assembly speaker not accepting their resignations (ANI)

Independent MLAs R Shankar and H Nagesh, who took back their support from the Congress-JDS Government on July 8, have written a letter to the Speaker asking him to arrange their seating in the opposition benches in the assembly (ANI)

Rebel Karnataka MLAs take chartered plane for Shirdi temple darshan

Rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who are staying at a hotel here, left for Shirdi on Saturday morning for darshan at the famous Sai temple.

MTB Nagaraj arrives at CLP leader Siddaramaiah’s official residence

We should live together and die together because we have worked for 40 years for the party, there are ups and downs in every family. We should forget everything and move forward. Happy that MTB Nagaraj(rebel MLA) has assured us he will stay with us: DK Shivakumar, Congress

Rebel Congress-JDS Karnataka MLAs leaving for Shirdi from Mumbai airport

Rebels may not turn up for trust vote

Dissident Congress and JD(S) legislators, who are currently holed up in a hotel in Mumbai, have indicated that they will not attend the assembly session, although chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has called for a trust vote. The dissidents claim that since they have already resigned and have appeared before speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday evening, they no longer are members of the House.

HDK takes oppn by surprise, will seek vote of confidence

Heading a troubled coalition government seemingly counting its days, chief minister HD Kumaraswamy pulled off a surprise on Friday by declaring that he would seek a trust vote on the floor of the House. The CM’s announcement on the first day of the monsoon session came soon after Supreme Court handed him a breather, by asking the speaker to maintain status quo till Tuesday (July 16) on the resignations of the 10 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, and, the plea to disqualify them for defying party directions.

Speaker raises questions in SC

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till Tuesday twin proceedings — by 10 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs seeking acceptance of their resignations and disqualification proceedings initiated against them for defying party directions — to be conducted by speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.