Bengaluru: Setting at rest all speculations on his future political career after his reported sidelining by the BJP, former Minister and Mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy said he will be floating a new Party shortly and contest the forthcoming Assembly polls in the State independently. Addressing a press meet here this morning, Janardhana Reddy, a…
Horatti elected unopposed as Legislative Council Chairman
December 23, 2022Belagavi: Seniormost MLC Basavaraj Horatti of the BJP was elected as the Legislative Council Chairman for the third time at the ongoing winter session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday. Horatti, who is also a former Minister, was elected unopposed as he was the only MLC who had filed nomination…
Sreenivasa Prasad bats for Gujarat model in ticket allotment
December 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Assembly polls round the corner, Chamarajanagar BJP MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad said that it is better to adopt the Gujarat model for allotment of party tickets in the Assembly polls. Speaking to presspersons at his Jayalakshmipuram residence here on Sunday, Sreenivasa Prasad said he believes that the current political scenario in…
Sandesh Nagaraj to quit BJP
December 13, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A year after he joined the BJP, former MLC Sandesh Nagaraj has decided to quit the party, alleging that he has been discarded by the BJP top brass. Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, Sandesh Nagaraj giving a hint on joining the Congress, claimed that he was totally sidelined by the BJP leadership and…
2023 Assembly elections: BJP to launch poll campaign from Dec.10
November 25, 2022Bengaluru: With Assembly elections just a few months away, the BJP in a bid to stay ahead of the Opposition parties — Congress and JD(S) — in poll preparations, has decided to launch a full-fledged poll campaign from Dec. 10. The RSS, which is the backbone of the BJP, is said to have summoned CM…
BJP top brass mulling on new leadership for Assembly polls
November 22, 2022Bengaluru: With the Assembly polls just a few months away, the BJP high command is said to be mulling on grooming a new leadership for facing the elections. The top brass is likely to make a surprise choice as the BJP’s face for the Assembly polls, leaving behind the current Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, former…
BJP plans to hold Rath Yatras ahead of Assembly polls
November 9, 2022Bengaluru: Even as the Opposition Congress and the JD(S) are taking out padayatras in the run up to next year’s Assembly polls, the ruling BJP, which does not want to be left behind, has planned to take out Rath Yatras all across the State ahead of the Assembly polls which are just a few months…
Leaders from Congress and JD(S) join BJP
November 3, 2022Bengaluru: In a boost to the ruling BJP in the State, four top leaders from the opposition Congress and the JD(S) joined the party at the BJP Office here this morning in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel. Former Tumakuru MP Muddahanumegowda and former State Vice-President of…
Sriramulu exhorts party workers to attend Ballari ST Morcha rally in lakhs
October 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the Congress and JD(S) of doing little for Scheduled communities, Minister for Transport and ST Welfare, B. Sriramulu said it is only the BJP which has rendered justice to SC/ST communities. He was addressing a preliminary meeting at the party office in Chamarajapuram here on Thursday ahead of BJP ST Morcha’s mammoth rally…
Deputy Assembly Speaker Anand Mamani passes away
October 23, 2022Bengaluru: Anand Mamani (56), Deputy Speaker of Karnataka Assembly and a three-time MLA representing Saudatti Yellamma Assembly Constituency in Belagavi district, passed away late yesterday night at a private hospital here following severe illness. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. His father, late Chandrashekhar Mamani, who was also a two-time…
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