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The motion expressing confidence in the Kumaraswamy government was adopted by voice vote in the presence of JD(S)-Congress coalition MLAs and other lawmakers supporting the government.

Soon after the results in Gorakhpur and Phulpur, the BSP had issued a statement making it clear that it won’t be participating or supporting any party for any bypolls in near future.

The 32 regional parties declared a total expenditure of Rs 435.48 crore during the year, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a report. In these total 32 parties, 17 of them showed Rs 114.45 crore collectively as unspent income.

In the clip, a BJP leader is allegedly heard offering Rs 15 crore to Congress MLA Shivaram Hebbar to switch to the BJP and abstain from voting during the floor test.

As the apex court fixed the time for the floor test at 4 pm, the numbers were stacked against the BJP barring any defections or making MLAs of the rival JD(S)-Congress combine to resign or abstain from voting for it to get majority in the bitter struggle...

Taking on JD(S) on its turf in Old Mysore region, Rahul Gandhi had said that the 'S' in JD(S) stood for secular, "but in this election they have got a new name JDS- Janata Dal Sangh Parivar."

For politicians of every hue there is premium on loyalty. Even in the choice of the bus service deployed to ferry MLAs, the Congress and JD(S) leaders have fallen back upon people with impeccable track record and loyalty to the party.

The 75-year-old Lingayat strongman was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan amid loud cheering by his supporters.

Interestingly, BJP has never managed to get a higher vote share than the Congress in Karnataka.

The leader was referring to the Grand Old Party’s last-minute support to the Janata Dal (Secular) in forming the government, despite the latter managing just about 1/6th of the total seats.

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