New Delhi: Karnataka High Court (HC) ruled that BJP Legislative Council Member (MLC) AH Vishwanath is not eligible to be a minister in Chief Minister Yediyurappa’s cabinet as he was disqualified as an MLA last year under the law against defection. Vishwanath was one of 17 MLA rebels who resigned …
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By: Express News Service | Bangalore | Updated: December 1, 2020 8:06:18 am Vishwanath (right), who lost the Assembly by-elections that he contested on a BJP ballot in December 2019, was nominated as an MLC by Chief Minister Yediyurappa to fulfill a promise to provide ministerial posts to all defectors …
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