Bengaluru: A fresh round of controversy is brewing over the Tipu Jayanti celebrations in the State with BJP MPs asking the Karnataka Government to keep them out of the Nov.10 event and to not even include their names in the invitation. Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ananth Kumar Hegde, who represents…
BJP to hold massive farmers’ convention in city on Oct. 26
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The BJP will stage a massive convention of farmers at Maharaja’s College grounds in the city on Oct. 26. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, District BJP President Kote M. Shivanna said the convention has been organised as part of the BJP’s ‘Vision-2024’ for making Mysuru District Chemical Fertilizers Free Agricultural District….
They want a new assassin identified in the Gandhi case; they want BJP painted as a peace dove in Kerala
October 17, 2017By T.J.S. George These are unusual days no doubt. But how unusual can unusualness get? Can the murder of Mahatma Gandhi be enacted again to show that he was not killed by the man who killed him? Can a propaganda war, however elaborate, really convince anyone that mass killings of migrant workers are taking place…
Will 2018 poll witness BJP’s ‘poach-all’ operation?
October 14, 2017Bengaluru: In a re-run of the 2008 politics in Karnataka, the Congress has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has started indulging in horse trading and accosting their leaders to reach the magic number of 113 in the 2018 Assembly elections. Desperate to return to power, the BJP has decided to rope-in politically influential…
BJP, Congress trade charges over land de-notification
October 11, 2017Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday made fresh charges against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah stating that he mislead courts to get 6 acre and 26 guntas of land in Bhoopsandra (RMV II Stage) in Bengaluru de-notified. The CM intervened to override a Supreme Court order in de-notifying the land, alleged the BJP. At a press…
BJP marches into Siddu’s electoral battlefield
October 9, 2017Mysuru: State BJP Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad launched a padayatra in city yesterday under the party’s Raitha Morcha banner to publicise Central Government’s programme for farmers known as ‘Vision 2024.’ Today, the padayatra continued from Vajamangala in Varuna constituency with thousands of BJP activists taking part. Tomorrow, Prasad will continue his padayatra visiting over…
BJP padayatra begins
October 8, 2017Mysuru: In a bid to address farmer issues, the district BJP Unit today launched a week-long padayatra from city this morning. Speaking after flagging off the padayatra near Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of the Palace, former Minister and State BJP Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad said that the padayatra is being taken out…
GTD, Vishwanath call on Sreenivasa Prasad to discuss poll strategy
October 8, 2017Mysuru: Even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is getting ready to contest from Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency, JD(S) leaders A.H. Vishwanath and G.T. Devegowda(GTD) met BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad at the latter’s Jayalakshmipuram residence here yesterday to discuss poll strategy for taking on CM Siddharamaiah who has declared that he would contest from Chamundeshwari. The meeting…
BJP attacks CM over land allotment case
October 8, 2017Bengaluru: The State BJP on Saturday mounted an attack on Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, accusing him of nepotism in illegally granting land to a company owned by his son Dr. Yathindra’s former business partner. Addressing a press meet, BJP leader B.J. Puttaswamy demanded that 2.19 acres of land in Hebbal illegally allotted to a company linked…
BJP to take out Padayatra from tomorrow
October 7, 2017Mysuru: Alleging that the State Congress Government was pursuing an anti-farmer policy and had failed on all fronts, the District Unit of the BJP will take out a week-long Padayatra across the district from tomorrow (Oct. 8). Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here this morning, District BJP President M. Shivanna said…
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