Venugopal said that talks with the Congress high command on Tuesday were focused on the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections and the council seats of Karnataka. “Today we discussed about the Rajya Sabha seats and the council seats of Karnataka,” he said.

more than 100 councillors have reportedly resigned across the state, and 17 councillors and local leaders have been arrested in the past few weeks due to varied allegations. The recent events point out to cracks in Mamata Banerjee’s TMC.

India on Tuesday categorically rejected China and Pakistan’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement on Tuesday and called it “unwarranted”. India asserted that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is an “integral part of India.”