Eranna Bhimappa Kadadi and Ashok Jasti - one Lingayat and one from the OBC - were named as the BJP's candidates for the upper house leaving the state unit stunned
The optics that leapt up during his birthday jamboree revealed one major problem and that was his younger son, B Y Vijayendra
Stalwarts like Deve Gowda, veteran Congress leaders like Kharge, K H Muniyappa and Veerappa Moily tasted defeat
After changing the spelling of his name, the BJP under his leadership has won 12 out 15 seats in the bypolls
Modi called the by-polls in Karnataka "extraordinary", one which would decide whether the BJP government would stay or go.
Karnataka bypolls: While JD(S) has fielded candidates in 12 seats, BJP and Congress are contesting all the 15 seats
The 14-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government headed by H D Kumaraswamy collapsed on Tuesday after losing the vote of confidence in the assembly
More than 13 disqualified former MLAs are contesting on BJP ticket in 15 Assembly constituencies
The message has been discreetly conveyed to Kumar to give up the post, which is conventionally held by a member from the ruling party, they said
Laws can't stop Indian politicians from defecting. But people can
The 10 rebel MLAs personally submitted their fresh resignations to Ramesh Kumar in Bengaluru yesterday
The BJP lawmaker alleged that the police was booking his followers in illegal sand business cases