Overview
- Congress MLA G.S. Patil and Congress MLC Salim Ahmed filed nominations on Thursday for Assembly Speaker and Council Chairman respectively, with senior party leaders, including Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, present for the filings.
- The Governor fixed Friday, August 14 for the Speaker election under the Assembly rules and the Monsoon Session is using the vote to fill presiding‑officer vacancies created after a recent cabinet expansion.
- The BJP announced it will boycott the Assembly Speaker election in protest after Congress published its Speaker name on party letterhead, saying that act undermined the legislature’s sovereignty.
- The Legislative Council race is contested after the BJP and JD(S) proposed P H Pujar as their joint candidate against Congress’s Salim Ahmed, ensuring a vote in the Upper House.
- Former Council chairman Basavaraj Horatti says he was forced to sign his resignation and has not received formal acceptance from the Governor, a dispute that could complicate the Council’s procedural record and claims to legitimacy.