Bengaluru: A day after the Congress High Command suspended him from the Party, Shivajinagar MLA and former Minister R. Roshan Baig has defended his criticism of the State Party leaders. The KPCC had suspended Baig for anti-party activities on Tuesday night with immediate effect. Baig had lashed out at State Congress leaders including KPCC President…
Siddu refutes Baig’s charges Greets Rahul Gandhi on his birthday
June 19, 2019New Delhi: Even as Shivajinagar MLA Roshan Baig from Karnataka lashed out at Siddharamaiah for his (Baig) suspension from the Congress at a press meet in Bengaluru this morning, CLP leader Siddharamaiah refuted the allegations saying there was no truth in his claims. Speaking to press persons at Karnataka Bhavan here this noon, Siddharamaiah maintained…
DKS calls on AICC Chief
June 19, 2019Karnataka Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS)greeting AICC President Rahul Gandhi on the latter’s 49th birthday in New Delhi this morning. He was accompanied by his MP-brother D.K. Suresh [Pic. by M.M. Joshi]
Musings on 17th Parliament: Opposition left licking the wounds
June 18, 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sage advice to all new MPs while addressing the Press yesterday: “With the new MPs comes new hopes, new aspirations and new determination to serve. When we come to the Parliament we should forget Paksha (Ruling Party) and Vipaksha (Opposition Party). We should think about Nishpaksh spirit (objective neutrality).” The first…
After the Elections: Musings on Criminals in the House!
June 11, 2019Now that the Parliamentary elections are over and the result is before us, it is time to introspect and recall the words and conduct of our politicians, specially all those who contested and won or lost. There was hardly anyone who did not spit fire and brimstone against his or her opponent. If the 2014…
Congress leaders demand sacking of Venugopal
June 7, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the Congress is struggling to put its house in order post the drubbing in the LS polls, senior Congress leaders have demanded the sacking of Congress Party in-charge of Karnataka, K.C. Venugopal. Maintaining that Venugopal had little knowledge on the ground realities of politics in the State, the leaders accused him of…
State Cabinet expansion put on hold as internal bickerings escalate in Congress
June 6, 2019Bengaluru: With the Congress mired in a battle between old and migrant party leaders, the much anticipated State Cabinet expansion has been put on hold by the Congress Central leadership. Even as speculations began gaining ground that independent legislators and migrant party leaders were set to be included in the expansion of the Coalition Government,…
H.K. Patil calls for meeting of senior Congress leaders
June 6, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the recent outbursts of senior Congress legislators and former Ministers Ramalinga Reddy and Roshan Baig has rattled the State Congress, another veteran party leader H.K. Patil has urged the party high command to immediately convene a meeting of senior congress leaders to resolve issues haunting the party. Speaking to press persons here…
“It’s the Leadership, Stupid”: Taking a peek into Modi Magic
May 25, 2019Narendra Damodardas Modi, India’s first Prime Minister to be born in Independent India, on May 23rd also became the first Prime Minister since 1971 to secure a single party majority twice in a row. The BJP patriarch, L.K. Advani in 2014, after being relegated to the Margdarshak Mandal, while congratulating Modi, turned it into a…
Opposition thinks of Modi, Modi thinks of Country
May 22, 2019Congress Party must go back to the People from the Dynasty At a time like this where Indian Democracy is put to severe test of credibility and its future destiny as a Democracy because of the frustrated Opposition Parties, numbering 21, fearing losing the just concluded Parliamentary Elections as indicated by the Exit Polls, it…
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