Bengaluru: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, the BJP MLA from Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, is almost certain to be the new Karnataka Assembly Speaker. The post had fallen vacant after K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Srinivasapur MLA from the Congress, quit as Speaker on Monday soon after BJP’s B.S. Yediyurappa proved majority by a voice vote in the…
Speaker Resigns: B.S. Yediyurappa wins Trust Vote
July 29, 2019Finance Bill passed; 3 rebel MLAs move SC against disqualification Bengaluru: K.R. Ramesh Kumar resigned as Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly soon after Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa passed the Trust Vote at the Floor of the House here this morning. Before announcing his resignation, Ramesh Kumar, a Congress MLA from Srinivaspur Assembly segment in…
Speaker disqualifies 14 more rebel MLAs
July 28, 2019224-member House reduced to 207 | Majority mark is 104 | BJP has 105 and support of one Independent Bengaluru: Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar this morning disqualified 14 rebel Congress MLAs under the Anti-Defection Law, just a day before the newly formed BJP Government will face a Trust Vote in the Assembly. On Thursday,…
‘D’ Out, ‘I’ In: Yediyurappa, not Yeddyurappa, sworn-in as CM
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Just days after he dropped a ‘d’ and added ‘i’ to his name going back to his earlier spelling of ‘Yediyurappa’ on the advice of numerologists, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa (now with his new spelling Yediyurappa) was sworn-in for the fourth time as the Chief Minister of Karnataka by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala….
BSY’s fortunes come a full topsy-turvy circle
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (BSY) completed a full circle in his political career yesterday when he was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Karnataka for the fourth time. Yediyurappa, credited with establishing BJP as a force in South India, will prove his majority by July 29 in the 225-Member State Legislative Assembly. The new Council of…
‘BJP regime will be stable’
July 27, 2019New Delhi: Ending speculation that the party high command had differences over backing B.S. Yediyurappa to make another shot at running a coalition regime in Karnataka, the BJP Central leaders backed the new dispensation and hoped it will herald a ‘new dawn’ for the State. “Congrats to B.S. Yediyurappa, newly sworn in CM of Karnataka….
City BJP celebrates Yediyurappa’s return to power as CM
July 27, 2019Mysuru: City BJP workers celebrated the ascension of B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) as the Chief Minister of the State for the fourth time, by bursting crackers in front of the party office in Chamarajapuram here last evening. Addressing the party workers, former KEA Chairman B.P. Manjunath lashed out at JD(S) and Congress leaders for making baseless…
Yeddy won the BATTLE but… Siddu WON the war
July 27, 2019B. S. Yediyurappa has been sworn-in a fourth time as CM but can he complete his term this time at least? To begin with, he has to win the Trust Vote on Monday and then get the Finance Bill passed by Wednesday so the Government employees can get their salaries. Then comes the challenge of…
Yeddyurappa to take oath as CM at 6 pm today
July 26, 2019Is this a pre-emptive move to ward off Speaker’s likely adverse move? Bengaluru: Ending speculations over Karnataka’s political crisis, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa was invited by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala this morning to stake claim to form the new Government. Seventy-six-year-old Yeddyurappa, a three-time Chief Minister of the State, will be sworn in at…
It’s celebration time at Dollar’s Colony Yeddy’s Dhavalagiri Bungalow
July 25, 2019As reported from Bengaluru by K.B. Ganapathy While passing through the Dollar’s Colony Road in Bengaluru yesterday, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy, who had gone to Bengaluru on some work, spotted an unusually large crowd in front of a house. Curious, he went near the house only to realise that he was standing in…
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