Mysuru/ Bengaluru: Six hours after counting of votes in Electronic Voting Machines started for 222 of 224 Assembly seats, it is now clear that the BJP has emerged as the largest party. But it appears to be falling short of a few seats to reach the halfway mark. Latest reports from Bengaluru say that senior…
KAS officer claims ACB forced him to testify against Yeddyurappa
August 20, 2017Bengaluru: In a new twist to the Shivarama Karanth Layout land denotification scam in which State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), a KAS officer, alleged yesterday that the ACB Police tried to arm twist him into implicating former CM Yeddyurappa. In letters written to Governor Vajubhai R. Vala,…
Denotification case: DKS, BSY get SC relief
July 15, 2017Bengaluru: Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) and State BJP leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) got a relief from the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday in a case related to the de-notification of land in Bengaluru. The Supreme Court, upholding the High Court decision, dismissed a petition filed by T.J. Abraham, an activist, against…
Yeddyurappa kicks off Jana Samparka Abhiyana in city
June 11, 2017Mysuru: State BJP President and former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa set off the party’s ‘Jana Samparka Abhiyana’ campaign in the district by garlanding the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at FTS Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road in city this morning. Later speaking to press persons, Yeddyurappa accused Siddharamaiah Government of inept handling of drought situation in the…
POINT BLANK: BJP Conclave a Charade ?
May 7, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief The first day of the two-day State BJP Executive meet in city yesterday did not seem to go well and if the trend continues today also, the concluding day, the future 2018 does not seem to augur well for BJP. This prognosis is in contrast to BJPs rival No. 1 in the…
While BSY garlands Basavanna, KSE worships Anjaneya
May 6, 2017Before the two-day State BJP Executive meeting began at Rajendra Kalamandira this morning, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa garlanded the statue of Basavanna near the Gun House Circle at 9 am along with his supporters former Ministers Shobha Karandlaje and S.A. Ramdas. At around 9.30 am, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and…
State BJP Meet amidst turmoil tomorrow
May 5, 2017Mysuru: The stage is set for the two-day State BJP Executive Committee meeting that will begin in city from tomorrow at a time when the party is facing an internal rebellion led by the two factions, one led by State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and the other led by Leader of the Opposition in the…
Ramlal to handle State BJP crisis
April 30, 2017Bengaluru: Concerned over the increasing rift among top leaders in the State BJP, the BJP top brass is said to have asked the party’s National Organising Secretary Ramlal to put an end to the crisis. Based on the instruction of National BJP President Amit Shah, Ramlal has asked the party’s Karnataka in-Charge Muralidhar Rao to…
Is B.L. Santosh making attempts to make most of BSY- Eshwarappa rift?
April 30, 2017Bengaluru: BJP National Joint Organising Secretary B.L. Santosh, who has been the centre of target by the Yeddyurappa faction, who accuse him to be behind K.S. Eshwarappa’s rebellion, is said to be attempting to make the most out of the rift between B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) and Eshwarappa, according to some sources in the BJP. Santosh,…
BSY initiates move to unseat Eshwarappa as Council Opposition Leader
April 29, 2017Bengaluru: Senior leader K.S. Eshwarappa’s tirade against State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) may cost him the post of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council. A section of MLCs in the Yeddyurappa camp, including D.S. Veeraiah, B.J. Puttaswamy and Lehar Singh Siroya, are said to be working towards divesting Eshwarappa of the post he…
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