Bengaluru: The Congress party has released the list of 40 star campaigners for LS election in Karnataka. Interestingly, the name of Ramya, actor and former MP, has been missing and replaced by another popular South Indian actor Kushboo Sundar. As per Representation of the People Act, 1951, Section 77(1), Congress has released the list of…
Ex-MLC G. Madhusudhan accuses Congress of raking up fake diary issue
March 24, 2019Mysuru: Accusing the Congress of raking up fake diary issue in a bid to discredit State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, BJP spokesperson and former MLC G. Madhusudan said that the statement by the Income Tax Department (I-T) on the diary case, is a slap on the…
Congress campaigns in Chamarajanagar
March 16, 2019Chamarajanagar : Congress yesterday launched the poll campaign in Chamarajanagar by organising a massive ‘Parivartana Rally’ at B.R. Ambedkar Stadium. Addressing the gathering, former CM Siddharamaiah claimed that all the 165 pre-poll promises made by the Congress were fulfilled during his five years as Chief Minister. Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing…
Dosti seat-sharing: 20 for Congress, 8 for JD(S)
March 14, 2019Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka managed to secure 20 seats out of 28 to fight the coming Lok Sabha elections after several rounds of talks with the JD(S) leaders. The JD(S) climbed down from its initial demand of 12 seats and settled for eight. Former Chief Minister and the Chairman of the JD(S)-Congress Co-ordination Committee,…
Congress condemns unethical tactics of BJP
February 10, 2019Mysuru: About 50 members of District and City Congress staged a protest at Gandhi Square here yesterday condemning the alleged unethical techniques employed by BJP to destabilise the State Coalition Government. The protesters alleged that BJP was resorting to horse-trading to woo the Congress Legislators to their fold. They pointed out that the audio tape…
Congress to seek disqualification of four disgruntled MLAs
February 8, 2019Bengaluru: The Congress has decided to seek the disqualification of four disgruntled legislators, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddharamaiah announced in Bengaluru this morning. The party will move a petition for disqualification of Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Mahesh Kumthalli (Athani), Umesh Jadhav (Chincholi) and B. Nagendra (Bellary) as they are said to have been in touch…
Four erring Congress MLAs likely to be disqualified
February 3, 2019Absconding MLA Kampli Ganesh in Goa Bengaluru: Four disgruntled MLAs have kept the Congress on tenterhooks as they have remained incommunicado, forcing the party to issue an ultimatum for them to appear before the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President Dinesh Gundu Rao in person or face disciplinary action. Gundu Rao has said that the…
Can Indira 2.0 save Congress?
February 2, 2019On 23rd January, the Congress finally played its Ace card when it was left out of the SP-BSP coalition in UP. It appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Party General Secretary for Eastern Uttar Pradesh in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Priyanka’s entry into full-time politics surely has given hope to most Congressmen….
Strange desire to seek power by our politicians may lead to people losing liberty
January 25, 2019Declaration of 1975 Emergency by Indira Gandhi is an example It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self. Francis Bacon said this famously and the truth of what he said is seen in Indian Democracy since 1975…
Priyanka Gandhi enters active politics
January 23, 2019New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress this morning appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East. Priyanka will take charge in the first week of February. In a string of appointments, the party has also appointed K.C. Venugopal as General Secretary of the Congress, apart from his…
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