Stepping up its campaign to wrest the Nanjangud (SC) Assembly seat, the BJP has deputed its top State leaders to extensively tour the constituency in the run up to the Apr. 9 by-poll. Today, sitting MPs B. Sriramulu and Shobha Karandlaje, who are also former Ministers, toured villages coming under Teguru and Diddalli Gram Panchayats…
Violation of poll code: Cases filed against BJP and Congress leaders
March 22, 2017Even as BJP and Congress leaders continue to spar over Police lathi-charge at Gundlupet on Mar. 20, the Police have booked cases against BJP and Congress leaders for violation of poll code. The Police have booked cases against BJP leader Rajashekara Murthy for the presence of more than 3,000 workers during the procession taken out…
By-polls: Campaigning hots up
March 21, 2017Five persons file nominations in Nanjangud on the last day today; none in Gundlupet With the by-elections for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly Constituencies round the corner, the leaders of BJP and Congress parties are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their party candidates emerge victorious. The party leaders, braving the heat, have been visiting villages…
“BJP’s win in UP polls is a political confluence of capitalism, communalism and casteism”
March 21, 2017Muzaffar Assadi at seminar on ‘UP Assembly Polls-2017’ “The victory of BJP at the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly polls has been achieved through a political confluence of capitalism, communalism and casteism,” opined political analyst Muzaffar Assadi. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘UP Assembly Polls-2017’ organised by Akhila Bharatha Praja Vedike at Maneyangala in…
Diary notings doesn’t match MLC Govindaraju’s hand-writing: Forensic report
March 21, 2017Even as the alleged ‘diary scam’ in which notings were made on payments to Congress leaders rocked the State, with the main Opposition BJP taking to the streets on the issue, the Congress seems to have got some relief with a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report saying that the hand-writing in the diary was not…
By-polls: Sreenivasa Prasad, Keshavamurthy file nominations at N’gud
March 20, 2017Geetha Mahadevaprasad and C.S. Niranjan Kumar file nominations under shadow of clashes between Congress and BJP activists at Gundlupet Nanjangud and Gundlupet are set to witness a high-voltage and acrimonious campaign as BJP and Congress candidates filed their nomination papers this morning. While V. Sreenivasa Prasad of BJP and Congress candidate Kalale Keshavamurthy filed their…
Krishna likely to meet Amit Shah today
March 20, 2017Former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is likely to meet BJP National President Amit Shah in New Delhi today to finalise his intended entry into the saffron outfit. Krishna was supposed to join the BJP on Mar. 15, but due to the death of his sister, Krishna had put off plans of joining the party….
Yogi Adityanath sworn in as UP CM
March 19, 2017Yogi Adityanath, a five-time BJP Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur and the head priest of the Goraknath temple in his constituency, took oath as Uttar Pradesh’s new Chief Minister this afternoon along with two Deputy Chief Ministers and other members of his Cabinet. The 44-year-old MP was yesterday unanimously elected by the BJP Legislature Party…
Siddu Government will fall in six months: Yeddyurappa
March 19, 2017Accusing the Siddharamaiah led Congress Government of misusing power and looting public money, former Chief Minister and State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) has predicted that the Siddharamaiah Government would fall in 6 months. Speaking at an election rally at Kabballi village in the taluk yesterday, Yeddyurappa said Siddharamaiah was behaving in an audacious manner…
BSY appeals electorate to vote for BJP in by-poll
March 18, 2017Promising that Gundlupet will be adopted if the BJP candidate Niranjan Kumar was elected in Gundlupet by-poll, State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa has appealed the electorate to reject the Congress candidate. Speaking at the party’s election rally at Begur in the taluk yesterday, he said that BJP candidate Niranjan Kumar’s family continued in public service…
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