Bengaluru: With the State Assembly polls still two years away, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is said to be planning to contest from Chamarajpet Assembly segment in Bengaluru city in the 2023 polls. Siddharamaiah, who currently represents Badami Assembly segment in Bagalkot district of North Karnataka, is now learnt to be eyeing Chamarajpet…
Former Assembly Speaker Krishna passes away
May 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Former Assembly Speaker Krishna (80), widely known as K.R. Pete Krishna, passed away at his residence in Kuvempunagar yesterday following brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Prof. Indira, daughter Manjula, son-in-law Sridhar and a host of relatives and friends. A native of Kottamaranahalli village in Santhebachahalli Hobli of K.R. Pet taluk in Mandya…
Congress urges Govt. to provide more relief package to people
May 20, 2021Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Opposition Leader in the State Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah has expressed resentment over the meagre financial relief package announced by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Addressing newsmen here on Wednesday, the Congress leader lamented that the Rs. 1,250 crore financial package announced by the Chief Minister is nothing but misleading and…
Surge in Covid cases in rural areas causing concern: Siddu
May 14, 2021Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Siddharamaiah on Thursday said the second COVID wave is spreading at faster rate in rural areas and this is causing great concern. In a series of tweets, he said that this is a very dangerous trend. Experts have observed that more…
Congress urges CM to announce package for daily workers
May 10, 2021Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition Siddharamaiah on Sunday urged Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to announce a package for daily wage workers during the 15-day lockdown in the State. In a letter to Yediyurappa, the former CM urged for providing a ration of 10 kg of rice along with cooking oil. With compensation of Rs. 10,000…
COVID Curfew: Siddharamaiah demands special package for working class
May 4, 2021Bengaluru: Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah has urged the Government to announce a special package for the working class, which is deeply distressed by loss of jobs and income due to COVID Curfew. In a letter written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Siddharamaiah, who is also a former Chief Minister, said that most migrant workers in the…
‘No alliance with JD(S) for MyMUL polls’
March 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With just a day to go for MyMUL (Mysuru Milk Union Limited) polls, which has gained political limelight because of infighting between two groups of JD(S), Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has asserted that there is no question of having any alliance with the JD(S) for taking control of the important Co-operative…
Bedlam in Assembly on first day of Budget Session: Congress opposes ‘One Nation – One Election’
March 4, 2021Stages dharna inside Assembly Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the State Assembly, which began this morning with a debate on ‘One Nation – One Election’ became stormy with Opposition Congress members staging dharna in the Well of the House terming it as ‘RSS agenda.’ As the House assembled, Assembly Speaker Visveshwara Hegde Kageri started reading…
Individual pride taking toll on Congress, says MLA
February 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that he is a loyal Congressman and not a product up for sale, NR MLA Tanveer Sait, whose role in the just concluded Mysuru Mayoral polls has caused a rift in the Congress, said that it is not correct for any party leader to discredit others just for the sake of maintaining one’s…
Sait defends his action
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Sait’s supporters indulged in sloganeering against Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah and former Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar for issuing notice threat to him, N.R. MLA Tanveer Sait said that the decision to hand over the Mayor post to JD(S), has only enhanced the prestige of the Congress as the party was successful in keeping…
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