Karnataka Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, facing a threat to his government following the resignation of 12 MLAs, is believed to have met dissenting Congress legislator MLA Ramalinga Reddy on Monday.

Congress’ lead troubleshooter and Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar has rushed to Mumbai to meet the rebel MLAs. The recent minister to resign from the council of ministers is R Shankar, who also extended his support to the BJP.

According to sources, the meeting took place at an undisclosed location in Bengaluru, reports ANI.

On Saturday, nine Congress and three JD(S) MLAs had submitted their resignations to the Speaker’s office and then held a meeting with Governor Vajubhai Vala before the nine of them left for Mumbai by a special flight.

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8:50 PM IST ‘Why not?’: Rebel MLA Roshan Baig on joining BJP The rebel MLA while speaking to ANI said, that, he is being honest and there is nothing wrong in joining BJP as it is a political party too. Roshan Baig on being asked if he will join Bharatiya Janata Party: Kyun nahi! Main imaan nahi badal raha. BJP is also a political party, us mein kya buri baat hai. #Karnataka https://t.co/3aQhpYhzEB — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





8:30 PM IST ‘Congress suspended me because I spoke the bitter truth’: Rebel MLA Roshan Baig Baig while speaking to ANI, said, that BJP is in touch with him as the sate leadership has failed. He said he’ll remain in Bengaluru, and shall not go either to Mumbai or Goa Roshan Baig: I'm hurt by the way Congress has treated me&suspended me as I spoke bitter truth.The state leadership has failed,there is no accountability. I am not going to either Mumbai or Goa, I am in Bengaluru. I am going to resign from MLA post.They (BJP) are in touch with me. pic.twitter.com/8QBBLz1eSQ — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





8:16 PM IST Bus carrying JD(S) MLAs arrive at Prestige Golfshire club The MLAs who were staying at the Taj West End have now been brought to Devanahalli. Bengaluru: A bus, carrying JD(S) MLAs, arrives at Prestige Golfshire Club, Nandi hills road in Devanahalli. They were earlier staying at Taj West End hotel. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/8bTLc2Ynyh — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





8:04 PM IST ‘We’re 105 + 2 = 107, yet CM speaks like this’: BS Yeddyurappa on CM Kumaraswamy’s assurances The Karnataka state BJP chief said that two independent MLAs are ready to join BJP yet Kumaraswamy is firm that the government will run smoothly. BS Yeddyurappa, BJP on K'taka CM saying 'Govt will run smoothly': 2 independent MLAs met the Guv & gave letter that they'll support BJP, now we're 105 + 2 = 107. Even when they've lost majority Kumaraswamy is speaking like that, people are observing everything. Let us see & wait. pic.twitter.com/RFTIxnJxbz — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:54 PM IST BJP MLA Limbavalli says, ‘We’ll decide our next course of action tomorrow.’ Limbavalli said that recent developments have changed BJP’s agenda from drought and infrastructure. Arvind Limbavali, BJP MLA: There is drought and infrastructure issues here since last 1 year. During Congress govt here no development was done. Today's meeting was called to discuss the issues to be taken up in the assembly session which begins on 12 July. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/gfzZGhLtt1 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:47 PM IST MLA Roshan Baig says that he’s hurt by Congress’ behaviour The MLA said that he is ready to join the BJP, according to ANI. Roshan Baig to ANI: I'm hurt by the way Congress party treated me, I'll resign from my MLA post and join BJP. (file pic) #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/4eIs6KfPfR — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:41 PM IST ‘Don’t worry’: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal Congress MLAs hold meeting Kumara Krupa Guest House in Bengaluru. Karnataka: Congress leaders arrive for a meeting at Kumara Krupa Guest House in Bengaluru. Karnataka Congress in charge KC Venugopal says, "Don't worry." pic.twitter.com/xU10LmioRk — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:24 PM IST JD(S) MLAs shift to Golfshire, Nandi Hills A bus carrying the JD(S) MLAs leaves for Devanahalli Bengaluru: A bus, carrying JD(S) MLAs, leaves from Taj West End hotel. They are now being taken to Golfshire, Nandi hills road in Devanahalli. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/BcoQRsfzeQ — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:07 PM IST Rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs shifted The rebel MLAs have been shifted from Mumbai to Goa, according to ANI. Rebel Congress-JDS Karnataka MLAs who are staying at a hotel in Mumbai, to shift to Goa pic.twitter.com/3XxwjkOfC6 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





7:04 PM IST Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Deputy CM G Parameshwara Rao Former CM and Karnataka CLP leader Siddaramaiah will also attend the meeting.





6:18 PM IST Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar leaves for Mumbai Congress’ lead troubleshooter heads to Mumbai to meet rebel MLAs Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister and Congress leader DK Shivakumar leaves for Mumbai. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/89U4isFyB3 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





6:01 PM IST Independent MLA R Shankar resigns from Council of Ministers Karnataka minister R Shankar resigns from the Council of ministers. Number of MLAs down to 104. R. Shankar, Karnataka Minister and independent MLA resigns from the Council of Ministers. pic.twitter.com/Wh3oBtjLwa — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





5: 39 PM IST Maharashtra Youth Congress members protest outside Sofitel They are protesting outside the hotel where the rebel MLAs have been lodged Maharashtra: Youth Congress workers protest outside Sofitel hotel in Mumbai where rebel Karnataka MLAs are staying. pic.twitter.com/RW5ukOdhHv — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





5:30 PM IST ‘Govt has lost majority. CM should resign immediately’: B.S Yeddyurappa, BJP Karnataka President The BJP state president said that BJP workers will protest in Bengaluru demanding the resignation of the CM. He said, people want him to resign as well, according to ANI. BS Yeddyurappa, BJP: Now we are having BJP legislative party meeting & we are going to take appropriate decision there. Tomorrow all our workers will protest, because Congress-JD(S) lost the majority so CM should resign immediately. That is the people's aspiration also. pic.twitter.com/57jOK3hkTh — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





4:22 PM IST BJP leaders arrive for legislative party meeting in Bengaluru The BJP leaders are in Bengaluru for the legislative meeting, Karnataka: BJP leaders begin arriving for BJP legislative party meeting, in Bengaluru. pic.twitter.com/7kUJrg4hNW — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019 The Congress workers staged protests in the city alleging that BJP was involved in horse trading. Bengaluru: Congress-JD(S) workers stage protest on the streets of the city alleging horse trading by BJP in the state. pic.twitter.com/MvcskNAN6r — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





4:14 PM IST Senior Congress leaders to meet at 7 pm in Delhi The party leaders will meet to discuss the Karnataka government crisis, according to IANS





3:35 pm IST Independent MLA H Nagesh reaches Mumbai hotel Karnataka Independent MLA Nagesh has reached Sofitel hotel in Mumbai where other rebels Karnataka MLAs are staying: ANI H Nagesh had resigned as a minister in Kumaswamy government earlier in the day and also withdrawn support to the government. He then said that he will support the BJP.





3:25 pm IST Cong MLA Ramalinga Reddy’s daughter to attend CLP meeting Congress MLA Soumya Reddy, who is the daughter of Ramalinga Reddy - the Congress MLA who had tendered his resignation - will come to Bengaluru tomorrow and attend the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting. ANI





3:08 pm IST ‘Don’t have anxiety about present development’: Kumaraswamy Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy told reporters: “ I don’t have any kind of anxiety about the present political development. I don’t want to discuss anything about politics.”: ANI





3:03 pm IST ‘All JD(S) and Cong ministers have resigned; cabinet to be reshuffled’ Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy tweets, “All JD(S) ministers have resigned the same as their Congress counterparts. The cabinet will be reconstituted soon.”





02:54 pm IST JD(S) books 35 rooms in Kodagu Janata Dal (S) has booked 35 rooms at the Paddington Resort and Spa in Kodagu district. These inclued 10 private pool villas, 7 bungalows and the rest are deluxe rooms. The base category of rooms begins at Rs 9,000 + tax. Pool villas cost Rs 25,000 + tax





02:52 pm IST ‘H Nagesh told me he has been hijacked by BJP’: Congress’ DK Shivakumar Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar told reporters, “Just now Mr Nagesh (Independent MLA who resigned as minister) called me and said that he has been hijacked by Mr Yeddyurappa’s PA and BJP. By the time I reached airport the flight had left.” : ANI





02:49 pm IST JD(S) MLAs meet at Karnataka minister’s house Janata Dal (S) MLAs gather at the office of Karnataka minister and party leader HD Revanna. Karnataka: JD(S) MLAs gather at the office of Karnataka minister and party leader HD Revanna. pic.twitter.com/is8RoYzsr0 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





02:45 pm IST Karnataka situation due to Cong-JD(S) infighting, says BJP’s Ram Madhav Asserting that BJP has no involvement in the political crisis of Karnataka, Ram Madhav said that the current situation is due to infighting in the Congress-JD(S) coalition government, reports news agency ANI. “’Ulta chor kotwal ko dante’. (it is a case of thief accusing the policeman). Whatever is happening in the Karnataka is happening because of the ambitions of certain leaders of their own party. There are leaders who are engineering dissent in their party. BJP has no involvement. We are just watching,” he said when asked about the Congress blaming BJP for the political crisis in the state. “The Congress-JD(S) coalition was against the wishes of people. Their infighting has created this issue,” the BJP national general secretory added.





02:37 pm IST Karnataka CM confident his govt will run smoothly Karnataka chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy expresses confidence that his government will run smoothly, reports ANI. He said, “ The issue will be resolved, don’t worry. This government will run smoothly.”





02:27 pm IST ‘No directions to resign’: Karnataka minister & JD(S) leader Thammanna Karnataka Transport Minister and JD(S) leader DC Thammanna said that there haven’t been any directions by party leaders to resign. He told news agency ANI, “ if they suggest, I will definitely resign.”





01:40 pm IST ‘Those not given berth earlier to be accommodated now’: Siddaramaiah Congress’ Siddaramaiah said, “BJP does not believe in parliamentary democracy. They are always against democracy not only in Karnataka but in West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Karnataka 2018 elections, people did not give mandate for BJP to come to power. Under the circumstances people have given mandate to Congress and JD(S) put together. 105 is not 113, they cannot form the government. Those who were not happy that they were not given berth will be accommodated now. It is total reshuffle. New ministers will come and some from the existing ministership might be retained.”





01:36 pm IST All Cong ministers resigned voluntarily: KC Venugopal Senior Congress leader and AICC general secretary KC Venugopal told reporters, “ We will fight out legally and politically. All (Congress) ministers have resigned voluntarily. We will take a decision and we are requesting that MLAs should come for dialogue. Some of them are coming to us and we are confident that those who are disciplined and loyal will come back to us. We will take all legal remedies and measures against BJP.” Venugopal said, all 21 Congress ministers have left it to the party to take decision on reshuffling cabinet.





01:33 pm IST BJP used central agencies to destabalise coalition govt : Siddaramiah Former Karnataka CM and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said, “ Independents have given us support. All together we have 120 MLAs. 104 is not 120, magic figure is 113. They (the BJP) used central agencies to destabilise the coalition government over the past year. Not just state BJP, but also Amit Shah and Prime minister Narendra Modi did this. Many of our MLAs have been promised money, they’ve used I-T dept and ED.”





01:30 pm IST ‘Trend of submitting resignations in Cong started by Rahul Gandhi’ Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Union minister Rajnath Singh says, “We’re committed to maintaining dignity of parliamentary democracy. Trend of submitting resignations was started by Rahul Gandhi in Congress,it wasn’t started by us. He himself asked people to submit resignations,even senior leaders are submitting their resignations.” :ANI





01:13pm IST Rajnath Singh: BJP has no role in Karnataka crisis Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha says,” Our party has nothing to do with what is happening in Karnataka. Our party has never indulged in horse trading,” reports news agency ANI. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha: Our party has nothing to do with what is happening in Karnataka. Our party has never indulged in horse trading. pic.twitter.com/EqdWlBnXi1 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





12:45 pm IST At least 6-MLAs, in BJP camp now, to be back by evening: K’taka minister Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said, “ By today evening, at least 6-7 MLAs of the 10 MLAs who are in the BJP camp are going to come back.” : ANI





12:36 pm IST H Nagesh boards special flight to Mumbai Karnataka Independent MLA Nagesh (in white shirt), who has resigned as a minister, boards a special flight for Mumbai. Independent MLA H Nagesh (in white shirt) boards flight to Mumbai. ( ANI / Twitter )





12:14 pm IST Congress ministers submit resignations to state party chief Congress leader Priyank Kharge to HT : “Congress ministers have submitted resignations to Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president Dinesh Gundu Rao.”





12:07 pm IST ‘We welcome Independent MLA Nagesh’: BJP leader Karnataka BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje: “We welcome Independent MLA Nagesh. We will accept anybody into our party who is from non-political dispensation. We’re not in touch with any rebels of the Congress and JD(S), as long as they are with their parties.” : ANI





11:58 am IST BJP leader demands HD Kumaraswamy’s resignation BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje demands Karnataka chief minsiter HD Kumaraswamy’s resignation, saying he has lost majority.: ANI BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje outside BS Yeddyurappa’s residence in Bengaluru: Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy should resign immediately. He has lost the majority. Congress MLAs have already resigned. He should make way for another govt. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/hu2BvFrtaN — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





11:56 am IST All issues with JD(S) will be sorted out: Cong leaders Two senior Karnataka Congress leaders - DK Shivakumar and KC Venugopal - on Monday expressed confidence and asserted that all issues in the troubled coalition with JD(S) will be sorted out, reports ANI. They also blamed the BJP for destabilising the government. “We can’t speak. It was all indoor meeting,” DK Shivakumar told reporters after a meeting of party leaders at the residence of state deputy CM G Parameshwara in Bengaluru when asked about the meeting of party leaders and some legislators. “I know what my BJP friends are doing. They are not only looking at my movements but also various other friends,” he said. He assured, “There is nothing to worry as we all are friends and they will be convinced. There are also small issues and will sort it out.” Karnataka Congress in-charge KC Venugopal said, “Let us see. We will have confidence. I am confident always.”





11:50 am IST ‘We are in touch with Nagesh’: Cong leader DK Shivakumar Congress leader DK Shivakumar says “Nagesh was under a lot of pressure from some people. He spoke to the chief minister. We are in touch with him. The resignations have to be accepted to make this minority government.”





11:41 am IST H Nagesh says he will support BJP Independent MLA H Nagesh, a minister in the HD Kumaraswamy govt, who resigned from the cabinet and withdrew his support, says he will now support the BJP. Karnataka Independent MLA Nagesh in his letter to Governor resigning as Minister:

I've already withdrawn my support to govt headed by HD Kumaraswamy. I would further by this letter unequivocally state I would extend my support to the Govt of BJP if called for by your good self pic.twitter.com/8qikTP4ttd — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





11:39 am IST BJP leader rebuts Congress allegation Another BJP leader, R Ashok, rebutted Congress allegation that the saffron party is using the Governor’s office politically.: ANI R Ashok, BJP on 'Congress saying BJP using Governor office politically': When Congress was ruling at the Centre, they were using the Governor’s office for their party. BJP has no culture of using Governor’s office. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/uqo4rBdcSP — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





11:36 am IST ‘They are in delusion’, says BJP MP about Congress BJP MP Renukacharya said, “The party (Congress) which tore up resignation of some of the MLAs, is now questioning the prerogative of the Governor. They are in delusion, they are still not able to understand that they can’t salvage the situation.” : ANI





11:14 am IST Minister and Independent MLA Nagesh resigns Karnataka minister and Independent MLA H Nagesh has resigned and withdrawn support to Kumaraswamy government. He was inducted on June 12.





11:13 am IST Another Cong MLA threatens to resign The Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataks is likely to suffer another jolt with another Congress MLA Monday threatening to resign: PTI Karnataka Minister and Bidar North MLA Rahim Mahmood Khan said he has informed senior Congress functionaries about his grievances and will take a decision after meeting them at Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara’s residence.





11:10 am IST Cong gives adjournment motion notice in LS on Karnataka issue The Congress party on Monday gave an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the ongoing political crisis in Karnataka, alleging that the BJP is trying to topple the Congress-JD(S) government, reports ANI. Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and their chief whip in the Lower House in Parliament, Kodikunnil Suresh, have given the notice. Chowdhury said, “We’ll try to raise the Karnataka issue in Parliament but we won’t reveal our weapons. But it is clear that BJP is a ‘poacher’ party.”





11:07 am IST All Karnataka Cong ministers to resign: Party MP DK Suresh, Congress MP says, all Karnataka Congress ministers are going to resign, reports ANI. The MP accused the BJP for the Karnataka crisis. DK Suresh, Congress MP: BJP national leaders are behind this. BJP people don’t want this govt or any opposition party to rule in the state or in the country. They are destroying the democracy. #Karnataka https://t.co/SX809rRNDL — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





10:35 pm IST Cong leaders arrive at Dy CM’s house Karnataka Congress legislature party leader Siddharamaiah along with some ministers reach deputy CM G Parameshwara’s residence for breakfast: ANI Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress Legislature Party leader Siddharamaiah & Ministers UT Khader, Shivashankara Reddy, Venkataramanappa, Jayamala, MB Patil, Krishna Byre Gowda, Rajshekar Patil, Rajshekar Patil, DK Shivakumar have reached Dy CM G Parameshwara's residence for breakfast pic.twitter.com/bIRw5zQi33 — ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2019





10:26 am IST JD(S) legislature party meeting at 12 noon, says minister State cooperation minister and JD(S) leader, Bandeppa Kashempur tells HT: “We will hold a meeting at the Taj West End at 12 noon. Most likely we will go to Madikeri. This was decided at yesterday’s legislature party meeting.”



