‘We seek votes to serve people, not rule’ MysoreMysuru: Joining the Piped Natural Gas project debate, BJP MLC A. H. Vishwanath today chided his party MLAs and the MP and said, “MLAs and MP are not the owners of their respective Constituencies and they are not rulers. Rather they are public servants and have been…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project: Row over road-digging deepens
January 31, 2022Why is MP Pratap Simha in a tearing hurry to pass bills, asks MLA Nagendra; Miffed MLA rakes up Mysuru missing on Smart City, MLC election debacle Mysore/Mysuru: The public squabbling between the BJP elected representatives — Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, MLAs L. Nagendra and S.A Ramdas — over the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project…
Political parties in State may witness defection of leaders post Sankranti
January 11, 2022Bengaluru: Even though the State Assembly elections are over a year away, the State may witness a series of defection of political leaders after Sankranti festival this year, which is just four days away. Political pundits say that a political polarisation may take place like never before and also like no one could anticipate. Legislators…
Mekedatu Padayatra: BJP accuses Congress of political gimmick
January 9, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Terming the Congress party’s Mekedatu Padayatra as a mere political gimmick aimed at fetching votes in the Assembly polls, BJP MLA L. Nagendra charged the Congress Government in Punjab of failing to provide security to Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he visited the State recently. Addressing a press meet at the BJP office in…
I take responsibility for my defeat, but will wage a legal battle: Raghu Kautilya
December 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Raghu R. Kautilya, BJP candidate for the MLC election in the Mysuru-Chamarajanagar seat, who lost the post in the last minute said that he would accept defeat and own up responsibility. “But I will wage a legal battle,” he said. Raghu lost the elections during the elimination round and that round paved the victory…
BJP, Cong. win 11 each, JD(S) 2, Independent 1
December 15, 2021Bengaluru: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress shared equal honours by winning 11 seats each in the polls to the 25 Legislative Council seats in the biennial elections held from 20 Local Authorities Constituencies in the State, that took place on Dec. 10. The counting of votes of all the 25…
MLC polls: Voting begins on a moderate note
December 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The voting for the Legislative Council polls (MLC polls) for the dual-member Mysuru- Chamarajanagar seats began on a moderate note across Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts this morning. The biennial elections to 25 Legislative Council seats from the Local Authorities’ Constituencies in the State, whose term comes to an end in January 2022, is being…
BJP did not hold local body polls due to fear of defeat
December 8, 2021Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah claims only Congress championed Panchayat set up Mysuru, Dec. 8 (RKB&DM)- The BJP shied away from conducting polls to local bodies due to fear of defeat, said Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. The non-conduct of local bodies polls has significantly dwindled the number of voters who are going to…
Omicron Scare: Rules are for others, not for politicians, followers
December 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: On the one hand you have Government announcements and press notes which talk about stern measures being enforced to prevent the third wave of the pandemic and also Omicron threat from damaging economic prospects and asking people to exercise restraint while moving in public places without masks and without sanitisation. On the other hand,…
BJP will win 15 seats in MLC polls: BSY
December 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the BJP would win at least 15 seats in the forthcoming MLC polls from Local Authorities Constituency, former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) said that there is no question of any understanding between the BJP and the JD(S) for the dual-member Mysuru-Chamarajanagar seat. He was addressing a poll…














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