New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir joined the Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday with weeks to go for the Lok Sabha elections and said he was ’impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision’. “I am impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision… I have contributed to the field of cricket and now hope to do…
BJP releases first list; 14 State MPs to seek re-election
March 22, 2019New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday announced its first list of candidates from Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections. As expected, of the 21 names announced, 14 sitting MPs were nominated once again from their respective constituencies. The party has to announce names for 8 more seats. This includes five-time MP Anantkumar Hegde who…
All incumbent MPs to get BJP tickets
March 14, 2019Bengaluru: Eyeing 22 of the total 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to field all its 16 incumbent MPs, including Pratap Simha, D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Shobha Karandlaje, in the State in the elections while the process of selection of candidates for the remaining 12 constituencies is in…
Three in forefront for BJP ticket from Chamarajanagar
March 10, 2019Mysuru: Even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to announce the schedule for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, State BJP Chief and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is said to be in constant touch with the party’s National Chief Amit Shah on finalising the list of party candidates. The first list of…
Echo of attack on Hassan BJP MLA’s house: BJP marches to Raj Bhavan; holds State-wide protests
February 14, 2019Bengaluru / Mysuru: Protesting against the attack on Hassan BJP MLA’s residence, the BJP staged State-wide protests this morning. In Bengaluru, BJP leaders marched into Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum to the Governor. The release of an 80-minute audio recording yesterday morning had repercussions on the streets of Hassan with JD(S) workers protesting outside…
Audio Gate: BJP walks out of meeting with Speaker
February 13, 2019Bengaluru: The meeting convened by Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar with Opposition leader B.S. Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy at his chamber at Vidhana Soudha this morning to discuss the way on how the controversial audio clip should be probed, was a total failure as the Opposition BJP walked out of the meeting twice….
HDK releases audio; says BJP trying to lure JD(S) MLA
February 8, 2019Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) this morning released two audio clips at his Home Office “Krishna” in Bengaluru and claimed that former Chief Minister and BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa is luring law-makers to topple his government. Later, the CM complained to Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar about the MLAs being lured allegedly by the BJP….
Strange desire to seek power by our politicians may lead to people losing liberty
January 25, 2019Declaration of 1975 Emergency by Indira Gandhi is an example It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self. Francis Bacon said this famously and the truth of what he said is seen in Indian Democracy since 1975…
Crisis deepens as Congress, BJP lure MLAs holed up at hotels
January 16, 2019Bengaluru / New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be making all-out efforts to topple the coalition Government in Karnataka by wooing disgruntled Congress MLAs. Though it will be difficult for the BJP to mop up the required numbers to form a Government, the party wants to prove that the coalition experiment in…
BJP to topple coalition Government after Sankranti?
January 14, 2019Bengaluru: With the LS polls just a couple of months away, the BJP is said to have devised a strategy to topple the ruling JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government after Sankranti. Setting in motion its famous ‘Operation Lotus’ strategy, BJP is said to have lured six Congress MLAs and five more are likely to jump ship, according…
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