Tune in for Podcast | Karnataka Gives Defectors Another Chance

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The people of Karnataka decided to give the defectors another chance.

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The Karnataka bye-election results were a bit crucial this time because for one the BJP needed to win at least 7 out of the 15 seats to stay in power and also because it was going to be a test of whether people would vote for defectors or not.

And the people of Karnataka decided to give the defectors another chance. BJP won 12 seats, Congress won only two, but the JDS won none.

The Congress party seemed to have taken the defeat rather hard. Former Chief Minister from Congress Siddaramaiah resigned as the leader of opposition. Dinesh Gundu Rao who’s the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee also resigned.

What indications are people trying to give through the legislators they have picked? How will the BJP fit in these rebel lawmakers who had defected from Congress into the cabinet? And is Congress facing a leadership crisis in Karnataka? Tune in to The Big Story!