Parameshwara, MB Patil and Priyank Kharge among 8 Congress MLAs to take oath as Karnataka ministers today aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ruling BJP, which stood strong on the Veerashaiva-Lingayat support in Karnataka for nearly two decades now, suddenly finds itself in the soup ahead of the crucial Assembly elections, with the exit of its prominent Lingayat leaders from North Karnataka.
Karnataka Congress MLAs, on Friday, February 19, continued their protest demanding the dismissal of minister KS Eshwarappa over his statement on the national flag. The protesting MLAs staged an overnight agitation by spending the whole of Thursday night inside the Assembly.