A Kannada TV Channel discusses why not a Bengalurean as CM this time?! The feeling among Lingayats all over the State is that in the event of a hung Assembly, should the BJP and the JD(S) form an alliance Government, the prospects of Yeddyurappa becoming the Chief Minister is very dim. And BJP’s Delhi High…
‘Congress is known to be an institutional disrupter’: Meenakshi Lekhi
April 29, 2018Politics is not everyone’s cup of tea and hence a majority would have nothing to do with it. However, politicians are the ones who make a difference because they are the policy makers. And once the election season comes, every political party projects itself as the most suitable ruling party. In this time of political…
It’s official: Vijayendra will not contest from Varuna
April 24, 2018Mysuru: It’s now official. The sons of two political veterans running for Karnataka Chief Minister’s post will not face off in Varuna constituency. Varuna, with Chief Minister Siddharamaiah as its current MLA, was prepping for weeks for a showdown between Siddharamaiah’s son, Dr. Yathindra and B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of BJP’s Chief Minister candidate, B.S….
Stones pelted at BJP office in city
April 24, 2018Mysuru: In the wake of BJP denying ticket to party State President B.S. Yeddyurappa’s son B.Y. Vijayendra to contest from Varuna, irate party workers threw stones at the party office in Nazarbad this afternoon. Angry party workers, shouting slogans in support of Vijayendra, pelted stones at the portraits of leaders that were pasted outside the…
Varuna: BJP High Command withholds B.Y. Vijayendra’s nomination
April 23, 2018Nanjangud: Even as the BJP top brass is yet to officially announce its final list of 11 candidates, including the high-profile Varuna Assembly Constituency, from where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra is contesting as the Congress candidate, BJP probable candidate B.Y. Vijayendra, younger son of State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was scheduled to…
BJP NR candidate Sandesh Swamy files nomination papers
April 23, 2018Mysuru: – S. Satish (Sandesh Swamy), who recently quit JD(S), filed his nomination papers as BJP candidate from N.R. Constituency this morning. Sandesh Swamy, who came in a mammoth procession after performing puja at Huliyamma Temple in Kyathamanahalli, submitted his papers to Returning Officer (RO) R.K. Kantharaj at Chamundi Vihar Stadium. Sandesh Swamy was accompanied…
K.R. BJP candidate S.A. Ramdas seeks Pejawar Seer’s blessings
April 23, 2018Krishnaraja (K.R.) BJP candidate and former Minister S.A. Ramdas called on Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji at Sri Krishna Dhama in city yesterday and sought his blessings.
BJP fields S.A. Ramadas from Krishnaraja, L. Nagendra from Chamaraja, Gopal Rao from Chamundeshwari
April 21, 2018Bengaluru: Former Ministers S.A. Ramdas and G. Karunakar Reddy, former Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah and sons of three sitting Legislators, figure in the third list of 59 candidates announced by the BJP yesterday for the May 12 Assembly polls. With the announcement of the third list, BJP has so far named candidates for 213 seats…
Amit Shah’s trusted lieutenants to manage poll strategy
April 19, 2018Bengaluru: Convinced that the May 12 election cannot be won with the strategies formulated by the State BJP leadership, party National President and master strategist Amit Shah has entrusted the responsibility of poll management to his trusted lieutenants from North India who have tasted success in other States including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Shah’s focus…
Two Lakshmis from BJP vie for Chamundeshwari
April 19, 2018Mysuru: General Secretary of City BJP Mahila Morcha Lakshmidevi and loyal party worker Lakshmi Gowda of the BJP are competing for a BJP ticket from Chamundeshwari. The Chamundeshwari constituency is witnessing a high-voltage political battle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and incumbent JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda. As soon as Star of Mysore broke the news yesterday…
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