By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Mysuru: With former Member of Parliament and senior leader Adaguru H. Vishwanath quitting Congress to join Janata Dal (Secular) there is inevitability for the Congress party to find a suitable candidate for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary Constituency. Vishwanath, a former Congress MP, quit the party as…
A.H. Vishwanath joins JD(S)
July 4, 2017Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath, today joined JD(S) along with his followers at a function organised at J.P. Bhavan in Bengaluru. JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and party State President H.D. Kumaraswamy inducted Vishwanath into the party by presenting him with the party flag. About 10 Congress members and followers of…
Vishwanath Quits Cong.
June 23, 2017Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Adagur H. Vishwanath, who was mulling quitting Congress for some time now, has finally resigned from the primary membership of the party. Participating in an interaction with reporters organised by the Bangalore Reporters Guild at the Bengaluru Press Club this morning, Vishwanath, who is also a former…
I will quit Congress in a week: A.H. Vishwanath
June 20, 2017Mysuru: Senior Congress leader Adagur H. Vishwanath has officially announced that he will be quitting the grand old party within a week. “I will not stay in Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s Congress anymore and I will quit before Ramzan,” he announced at meeting of supporters held at Hotel Siddhartha this morning. He, however, did not spell…
Former MP A.H. Vishwanath seeks Suttur Seer’s blessings
June 13, 2017Mysuru: Close on the heels of holding a meeting of his followers at K.R. Nagar recently, former MP A.H. Vishwanath, who is all set to leave the Congress, with which he was associated for four decades, visited Suttur Mutt here yesterday and sought the blessings of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. Later speaking to press persons,…
A.H. Vishwanath to finally bid goodbye to Congress in a week
June 10, 2017K.R. Nagar: Senior Congress leader Adagur H. Vishwanath seems to have finally made up his mind to quit Congress party. Weeks after rumours spread regarding his imminent exit, Vishwanath yesterday publicly announced that he is quitting the grand old party after decades of association. And without fail, he mentioned that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah forced him…
CM spoke only 25% truth at mega Cong. convention: Vishwanath
June 6, 2017Mysuru: Lashing out at the Siddharamaiah Government for failing to honour the UPSC Civil Services rank holders at the ‘Kotta Maatu Ditta Sadhane’ convention in Mysuru on Saturday, former MP A.H. Vishwanath claimed that none of the bureaucrats at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, where the country’s top most ranker in the Civil Services exam…
Party leaders are forcing me to quit, says Vishwanath
May 26, 2017Mysuru: Former MP and Congress leader A.H. Vishwanath has claimed that the Congress leaders in the State including Siddharamaiah are forcing him to quit. Speaking to reporters here yesterday, Vishwanath said “I have never said that I will quit Congress, but the party leaders are creating such a situation. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President…
Vishwanath likely to join JD(S) on June 7
May 23, 2017Bengaluru: Former MP and senior Congress leader A.H. Vishwanath, who is upset over being sidelined by the party and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah choosing to ignore him, is likely to join the JD(S) at a massive rally in Mysuru on June 7. Vishwanath, who had recently held several round of talks with JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve…
Vishwanath flays abrupt removal of Mysuru City Congress Chief
March 26, 2017Stating that the sudden replacement of Mysuru City Congress President T.S. Ravishankar with R. Murthy, a former KEA Chairman, was unfortunate, former MP and senior Congress leader A.H. Vishwanath has maintained that the change was effected at the insistence of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Vishwanath said that…
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