Belagavi: The opening day of the Winter Session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi, yesterday witnessed heated exchanges between the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP in the Legislature Council as BJP members persisted with their demand for the resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George, who has been named as the first…
Days of Aaya Rams and Gaya Rams begin: Former Minister C.H. Vijayashankar quits BJP
October 28, 2017Mysuru: State BJP Raitha Morcha President and former Minister C.H. Vijayashankar has quit BJP. Vijayashankar, who was said to be contemplating on quitting the party for sometime now, faxed his resignation letter to State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa this morning, according to sources. Vijayashankar, a former Minister in B.S. Yeddyurappa’s Cabinet and a two-term Lok…
‘Gundi Bhagya’ bestowed upon city: A novel protest on potholed roads
October 27, 2017Mysuru: With scores of potholes left unattended in city inviting accidents, about 50 BJP members of K.R. Constituency led by former Minister S.A. Ramdas staged a novel protest in Vidyaranyapuram here this morning by filling the pot-holes themselves assisted by about ten workers. Potholes on 400 metre stretch of Sarvajanika Hostel Road from Andani Circle…
BJP MPs say no to their names in Tipu Jayanti official invitation
October 22, 2017Bengaluru: 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…
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