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Karnataka's rebel MLAs to join BJP tomorrow

After the Supreme Court's ruling partially in their favour, all the 17 disqualified Karnataka MLAs of JDS and Congress will be joining the ruling BJP on Thursday ahead of the December 5 by-elections.

All of them are slated to fight the by-elections on BJP tickets.

Earlier, in the day, the apex court upheld their disqualification by former state assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar, but allowed them to contest the by-elections from the assembly segments.

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