Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Wednesday was elected as the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker. This comes a day after Kageri filed his nomination for election to the post of Karnataka Assembly Speaker.

Bharatiya Janata Party's Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri elected as Karnataka Assembly Speaker

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday filed nomination for election to the post of Karnataka Assembly Speaker. He was accompanied by Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa.

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri files nomination for Karnataka Assembly Speaker

Karnataka Assembly Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that he is still looking into the resignations submitted by rebel MLAs belonging to Congress and JD(S).

Still going through resignations: Karnataka Speaker on rebel MLAs

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Speaker K R Ramesh cannot be forced to decide on the resignations of 15 rebel MLAs within a time frame. "The discretion of the Speaker should not be fettered by any direction from the court.

Karnataka crisis: Speaker can't be forced to take a decision on resignations of MLAs within a time frame, says Supreme Court

Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the pleas of 10 rebel Karnataka MLAs against Speaker K R Ramesh for not accepting their resignations. Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi representing rebel MLAs said, "I don't want to be an MLA.

Karnataka crisis: Supreme Court takes up rebel MLAs' plea

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Thursday said that he needs to examine the resignations of rebel MLAs to ascertain if they are genuine. ''I need to examine these resignations of rebel MLAs all night and ascertain if they are genuine,'' said the Speaker while addressing the media at Vidhana Soudha after meeting rebel MLAs.

Needs to examine if resignations are genuine: Speaker on Karnataka crisis 