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Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi mentioned their joint petition before CJI Ranjan Gogoi for urgent hearing, preferably on Wednesday itself. But the CJI ordered it to be listed for hearing on Thursday before an appropriate bench. This would mean it will be heard by a bench headed by Justice S A Bobde.

The BJP faced a huge embarrassment when one of the two Independents, R Shankar, who was present at the party meeting in the morning to elect BS Yeddyurappa as the leader, showed up in Congress camp on Wednesday evening.

Bangalore North: DV Sadananda Gowda of BJP defeated Krishna Byregowda of Congress in Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency, according to the latest trends.

The speaker alleged that Siddaramaiah intentionally fielded Shankar, a Kuruba, a community to which the CM belongs, against him in Ranebennur and ensured his defeat by not campaigning for him. “I lost to him by a few thousand votes. That MLA has joined the BJP today.’’ he added.

"It is not in anybody's hands, including the media. However much you cry hoarse, nothing will happen because it is in the hands of God. When a party (JDS) of 38 MLAs gets the blessings of a national party (Congress), it is all the wish of God," HD Deve Gowda said.

The parties are keeping their fingers crossed as most pollsters have given an edge to the Congress over the incumbent BJP, while also indicating the possibility of a hung assembly in the state, which has seen regime change every five years since 1985.

An intense and often bitter campaign that saw political heavyweights criss-cross Karnataka with pledges, salvos and shocks is set to culminate Wednesday in a three-way contest for 224 seats between BJP, Congress and JD(S) whose outcome could be a windsock for the bigger 2024 battle.

The results of the hotly contested Karnataka assembly elections will be declared on Saturday. The counting will begin at 8 am in 36 centres across the state, and poll officials expect a clear picture about the outcome to emerge by mid-day. The state registered a "record" turnout of 73.19% in the voting on May 10, to elect representatives to the 224 member assembly.

The BJP on Thursday nominated 13 Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who were disqualified ahead of a trust vote, as its candidates for the assembly polls in Karnataka. The BJP is yet to announce its candidates for the remaining two assembly seats where by-polls will be held in December. All the 13 disqualified MLAs have been repeated from their respective seats.

The Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka is hanging by a thread ahead of the floor test on July 18 with the rebel MLAs refusing to yield after the Supreme Court held they cannot be compelled to attend the ongoing assembly session to decide the ruling coalition's fate. The court verdict was interpreted in political circles as a relief for the rebel lawmakers.

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