BJP will win Karnataka only if Amit Shah and B.S. Yeddyurappa work together to the exclusion of others with ambition Are we going to see in Varuna Constituency a replay of 2006 by-election in Chamundeshwari Constituency where Siddharamaiah contested as Congress candidate after quitting JD(S) and also his MLA seat? One S. Shivabasappa, a political…
Poll-phernalia: Courting the Khadi Kurta
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav This white-coarse Khadi was a political weapon which broke the monopoly of British mills and saw a rise in India’s indigenous cotton. With the use of Charkha, Khadi was hand-spun to mark the start of a manufacturing revolution in India. With its early inception, since the days…
Trailing B.Y. Vijayendra, BJP, in Varuna Constituency
April 14, 2018Election in a democracy is the season for migrants. Like birds and animals migrate from one location to another during certain seasons and for certain reasons like drought or forest fire, smart politicians too migrate from one party to another. They are the ones who know which side of the bread is buttered! In Mysuru…
BJP Chief holds meeting with RSS leaders
August 14, 2017Bengaluru: BJP National President Amit Shah, who is on a 3-day visit to the State to lift the spirit of the party workers ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, held a breakfast meeting with RSS leaders at the State RSS Headquarters in Chamarajpet this morning. Shah is said to have interacted and taken feedback from…
Election Comr. directs DC to begin preparations for Assembly polls
August 12, 2017Mysuru: State Election Commissioner (SEC) P. Srinivasachari has reportedly directed the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner to begin preparations for the 2018 Assembly polls in right earnest. In a letter written to DC D. Randeep, Srinivasachari has instructed the DC to hold video conference on the election preparedness measures. The SEC has also asked the DC to…
AICC leader calls for strengthening of Congress from booth level
August 8, 2017Mysuru: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Mysuru division Congress P.C. Vishnunath has called upon the party leaders to take up the responsibility of strengthening the party right from the booth level. Addressing Krishnaraja Block and D. Devaraj Urs Block Congress meeting at Chikkamma Niketana Kalyana Mantap at Kuvempunagar here yesterday, Vishnunath stressed on the need…
Who is pushing Malavika Avinash for K.R. BJP ticket ?
May 2, 2017Mysuru: Even as the BJP High Command is trying to cool the flaring tempers between BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, reports that actor and TV personality Malavika Avinash will be fielded from the Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency in Mysuru for the 2018 elections has created…
BJP has no connection with Brigade: High Command
April 30, 2017New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Bogged down by the infighting within the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) between the factions led by party State President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, the party High Command has issued a set of three rules for the State leaders to…
Is State BJP heading for a split ?
April 27, 2017Bengaluru: The factional fight within the State BJP is showing no sign of scaling down with Leader of the Opposition in the Council K.S. Eshwarappa attending a rebels’ meet at the Palace Grounds this morning. Addressing the rally, Eshwarappa dared Yeddyurappa to take disciplinary action against him. Accusing the State Chief of branding genuine party…
Eshwarappa supporters want party to rein in Yeddyurappa
April 23, 2017Bengaluru: Even as the BJP braces for the 2018 Assembly election, dissension has continued to haunt the party, with State BJP Chief Yeddyurappa’s friend-turned-foe K.S. Eshwarappa and his supporters deciding to exert pressure on the BJP top brass to save the party from the clutches of Yeddyurappa. Eshwarappa’s supporters have convened a meeting at the…
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