Mysuru: Even as it is preparing for the Dec. 5 by-polls, the ruling BJP is facing rebellion from within the party in the fielding of party candidates in Constituencies represented by disqualified Legislators. Soon after realising that he would not get the party ticket, senior BJP leader Raju Kage, who was a BJP aspirant for…
C.H. Vijayashankar to return to BJP tomorrow
November 4, 2019Mysuru: Former MP and Congress leader C.H. Vijayashankar, who had unsuccessfully contested on a Congress ticket from Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency in the Lok Sabha polls held in April this year, will rejoin the BJP at the party headquarters in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, tomorrow at 3 pm. Vijayashankar was with the BJP since the 1990s and had represented…
BJP alliance poised to retain Maharashtra
October 24, 2019Haryana throws up hung Assembly Mumbai / Chandigarh: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)- Shiv Sena alliance is all set to retain power in Maharashtra with a combined lead in 166 seats out of the 288-member Assembly (magic number 145). Counting of votes began at 8 am today. While BJP is leading 102 seats, the Shiv…
‘BJP Government has no will power to implement caste census report’
October 21, 2019Siddharamaiah seeks Suttur Seer’s blessings Mysuru: Alleging that the BJP Government has no will power to implement the caste census report, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has maintained that the non-implementation of the report will render injustice to SC/ST Communities, Backward Classes and other marginalised communities. Speaking to press persons here…
Independent MP Sumalatha attends BJP meet in Mandya
October 9, 2019Mandya: Asserting that she will not keep her joining BJP a secret and instead will make a public announcement if at all she was going to join the saffron party, Independent MP from Mandya Sumalatha Ambarish has lashed out at JD(S) leader Shivaramegowda for questioning her on the absence of actors Darshan and Yash, who…
BSY to have not One, not Two, but Three Dy.CMs?
August 24, 2019Bengaluru: Following the example of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, which has five Deputy Chief Ministers, the BJP Central Leadership is said to have advised Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to have three Deputy Chief Ministers in a bid to maintain a perfect caste equation and social chemistry. Even as the issue of disqualified Legislators, Cabinet expansion…
CM caught between disqualified : Legislators and Party top brass
August 24, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the portfolio allocation to Ministers has become a complex issue for Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY), the CM is said to have vented out his disappointment over the attitude of the BJP top brass and the Union Govt. BSY, who is caught in a catch-22 situation, with the issue of disqualified Legislators…
‘Congress must introspect on misuse of CBI’
August 23, 2019Mysuru: BJP has no role in the arrest of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and it was not a vendetta politics, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified yesterday. She said that the Congress reaction on the issue was on expected line. Congress has ruled the country for many years and the party might have…
Ministers on two-day tour to assess flood damage in State
August 21, 2019Bengaluru: Soon after inducting Ministers into his Cabinet yesterday, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has given his colleagues a tough assignment. Yediyurappa, who conducted a Cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony, assigned the jobs to his Ministers to monitor the flood situation and relief works. Each Minister, who has been assigned a district, is instructed to…
No Ministers from Mysuru region S.R. Mahesh flays BJP Govt.
August 21, 2019Mysuru: Former Minister S.R. Mahesh flayed the BJP Government for the lack of representation in the Mysuru region including Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Mandya districts during the Cabinet expansion by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) yesterday. This is most unfortunate, especially at a time when Dasara is fast approaching, said former Minister and MLA S.R. Mahesh….
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