Bengaluru: Gangavathi MLA and former Minister G. Janardhana Reddy returned to BJP fold at the party office in Malleswaram here this morning, boosting the prospects of saffron party ahead of Lok Sabha election. BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra formally welcomed Reddy, also a mining baron, into the party, by handing over the party flag, in…
Yaduveer better candidate than Prathap Simha: Dr. Agarwal
March 25, 2024‘CM Siddaramaiah, Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar are Maharajas; our candidate will fight against them’ Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, the BJP’s National General Secretary overseeing Karnataka affairs, has termed Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, of the erstwhile Mysore royal family, as a ‘better’ candidate compared to the incumbent MP Prathap Simha. However, Agarwal hinted that a…
Four Karnataka candidates in BJP’s fifth list of LS polls
March 25, 2024Bengaluru: Firebrand Uttara Kannada BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has been denied the party ticket to contest the LS polls, while former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has been given the ticket from Belagavi. The BJP announced its fifth list of candidates for the LS polls, according to which the names of candidates for four LS seats…
Call for MP Sumalatha to contest as independent candidate
March 24, 2024Mandya: With BJP leaving Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency to JD(S) as a part of its electoral pact, current independent MP Sumalatha Ambarish, who had extended her support to the BJP and was in a hope to get ticket, is shocked to have missed the boat. Following this, Sumalatha’s followers, who have expressed their disappointment, have…
Former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev quits BJP
March 24, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly an year after being denied the party ticket from KR Constituency in the May 2023 Assembly polls, senior BJP leader and a former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev has quit the BJP citing changed political scenario in the State. In a letter addressed to the City BJP President on Friday, Rajeev, who had maintained…
BJP ST Morcha convention in city on Mar. 24
March 22, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP will be organising a massive convention of ST Communities in the city on Mar. 24. Announcing this at a press meet at the BJP office in Chamarajapuram here yesterday, former Mayor Shivakumar said the convention will take place at Neramballi Subbarao Kalyana Mantapa in Lakshmipuram at…
BJP has given more importance for women empowerment
March 21, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Criticising the Congress for destroying the financial system of the State by indiscriminately implementing free schemes, City BJP Women’s Wing President Renuka Raj said that the BJP was more focused on women empowerment through various measures, rather than announcing schemes having financial implications, like the Congress. She was speaking after inaugurating ‘Nari Shakti’ programme…
‘Vote for BJP to realise the vision of strong and developed nation’
March 20, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: It is important to vote for BJP as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision to build a strong nation, said Mysuru-Kodagu BJP Lok Sabha (LS) candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, here yesterday. He was speaking at a meeting organised by Zilla Brahmana Sangha at Sri Rama Mandira in Krishnamurthypuram. Yaduveer, who sought the…
‘You don’t have to come to Palace; I will come out to meet you’: Yaduveer
March 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu BJP Lok Sabha candidate Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family extended a warm invitation to voters to meet him, assuring them, “You don’t have to come to the Palace; I will come out to meet you. Moreover, I will open an office outside the Palace and it will be…
I will neither betray Yaduveer nor BJP, asserts Prathap Simha
March 18, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has reiterated his whole-hearted support for the BJP candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, affirming his commitment to ensure Yaduveer’s victory. “I will not betray him or the BJP, which is like my mother,” he stated. Speaking at a media interaction at a private hotel in the city this…
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