Mysore/Mysuru: With Assembly polls round the corner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a massive ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra’ in N.R., Chamaraja and Chamundeshwari segments of the city on Sunday. Prior to the Yatra in N.R. Constituency, senior BJP leader and former Minister K.S. Eshwarappa and other BJP leaders had breakfast with Pourakarmikas organised by BJP…
Sumalatha likely to join BJP
March 5, 2023Bengaluru: With the Assembly polls just a few weeks away, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, who was as an independent candidate in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is likely to join the BJP soon. As a first step in this regard, Sumalatha, the wife of late actor-turned-politician Ambarish, held a closed door meeting with her supporters…
City Congress leaders stir for BJP MLA’s resignation
March 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of Congressmen including Legislators staged a protest at Gandhi Square here this morning, under the banner of Mysuru City and District Congress Committee, demanding the resignation of BJP MLA Maadal Virupakshappa of Channagiri constituency, in Davangere, who is the prime accused in the graft case booked by Lokayukta Police in Bengaluru, in which…
Bundles of Corruption
March 4, 2023Yesterday we all saw bundles and bundles of cash being arranged by Lokayukta Police. They found these bundles of money at Prashanth V. ‘Bundle’s’ ..oops! I meant Prashanth V. Maadal’s residence, a Karnataka State Audit and Accounts Services Officer. He is the son of BJP MLA K. Maadal Virupakshappa. As I watched this, I was…
Bribe Bomb explodes
March 3, 2023Lokayukta seizes Rs. 6 crore cash from BJP MLA’s son; Independent and fair probe, says CM Bommai MLA Maadal Virupakshappa steps down as Chairman of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited Bengaluru: A day after BJP MLA’s KAS Officer son Prashant Maadal was caught for taking Rs. 40 lakh bribe, the Karnataka Lokayukta raided the residence…
BJP will romp home with 150 seats: Eshwarappa
March 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the BJP’s Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra has been getting a tremendous response in the State, senior BJP leader and former Minister K. S. Eshwarappa asserted that the party will retain power in the State by winning 150 seats in the forthcoming Assembly polls. Addressing a press meet at the BJP city office in…
Musings on election and universal adult franchise
March 2, 2023Time has come for people of Karnataka to choose a Government of their choice after five years. The State Assembly elections are expected around May 2023, this year. The election is almost at our doorsteps though the Election Commission has not yet announced the calendar of events. As expected, we see heightened resurgence of political…
J.P. Nadda flags off Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra from M.M. Hills
March 1, 2023Chamarajanagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched its Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra for the forthcoming Assembly elections by flagging off a rath yatra from Male Mahadeshwara Hills (M.M. Hills) in Chamarajanagar today afternoon. National President J.P. Nadda launched the Yatra at one of the most backward districts in South Karnataka this morning. Nadda along with Chief…
Ex-IPS Officer, AAP State VP Bhaskar Rao joins BJP
March 1, 2023Bengaluru: Former IPS Officer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Karnataka Vice-President (VP) Bhaskar Rao quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party office in Malleshwaram here this morning. President of BJP State Unit Nalin Kumar Kateel inducted Bhaskar Rao into the partyfold by handing him over the party flag. This…
BJP take out ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra’
February 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With Assembly polls fast approaching, the BJP has planned to intensify its poll campaign with the launch of Vijaya Sankalpa Yatras at four places in the State starting from March 1. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, State BJP Vice-President M. Rajendra, who is also the Mysuru Divisional Convenor of the ‘Vijaya…















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