To be an independent voice To strive for scrapping of 10th Schedule of Constitution used as a weapon by political parties New Delhi: Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who has been a vocal critic of the Congress leadership, announced that he quit the party on May 16 as he filed his nomination as an Independent…
Siddu calls for ouster of BJP Govt.
May 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of rampant corruption and maladministration, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah asked the Congress workers to work for the ouster of the State BJP Government, by ensuring the victory of the Congress candidates in the Legislative Council polls from Graduates and Teachers Constituencies. Addressing party workers at the South Graduates…
Abdul Jabbar and Nagaraj Yadav get Congress tickets
May 24, 2022Bengaluru: After much dilly-dallying, the Congress on Monday named its candidates for the Legislative Council (LC) polls from the State Assembly, the polls for which will take place on June 3. According to the list announced by the Congress High Command, senior Congress leaders K. Abdul Jabbar and M. Nagaraj Yadav have been nominated by…
Corruption in sinking borewells too, alleges KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshmana
May 20, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshmana has alleged that corruption has been skyrocketing in the State ever since the BJP came to power in the State. “Corruption is rampant in sinking of borewells for the backward classes. The job of sinking borewells have been given to the undeserving contractors using the grants of Rs. 431 from…
Slew of protests held in city
May 11, 2022Congress, NSUI, AIDSO stage demonstrations on various issues Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City and District Congress workers, members of National Student Union of India (NSUI) and All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) staged separate protests over various issues in city yesterday. Mysuru City and District Congress The members of Mysuru City and District Congress staged a…
Can Congress stop working for Bjp?
May 3, 2022By T.J.S. George Some of our regional languages have a wisdom saying that goes: “Dad, don’t keep beating me. I won’t improve.” The current equivalent of that wisdom is: “Fellow citizens, don’t prefer this party over that. All are stuck in the same rut of opportunism.” For a democracy, this is a tragic situation. But…
Siddharamaiah to lead massive Congress protest in city tomorrow
April 19, 2022Party leaders hold preparatory meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly condemning the exponential rise in prices of essential commodities, fuel and other daily need articles, the Congress will stage a massive demonstration at 11 am in the city tomorrow (Apr. 20). The party, apart from inflation, anti-people policies, Law and Order and rampant corruption issues, is also seeking…
Early Assembly polls for Karnataka: Advantage Congress or BJP?
April 1, 2022Now that the top leaders of consequence from the Congress and BJP are in Karnataka, probably because they are expecting an early poll for State Assembly, I decided to express my thoughts on this idea of ‘advancing the Assembly polls’ by the ruling party (here BJP) hoping it would bring them victory. It is a…
MLA Zameer Ahmed likely to quit Congress
March 24, 2022Bengaluru: Days after senior leader C.M. Ibrahim quit Congress party and his Legislative Council seat, Chamarajpet MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, who is said to be frustrated with Congress, may quit the party soon. Zameer, who is a close associate of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, is said to have held talks with Ibrahim, during which…
C.M. Ibrahim quits Congress, meets HDD and HDK
March 13, 2022Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader and MLC C.M. Ibrahim on Saturday formally quit the Congress and also resigned as MLC. Ibrahim, who was unhappy with the Congress leadership for the past several months after he was denied the post of Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council, had hinted that he would be quitting the Congress. Now,…
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