Bengaluru – With the Congress High Command keen on replacing KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara, hectic lobbying has begun in the Congress for the post. Ministers M.B. Patil, D.K. Shivakumar and senior leader S.R. Patil are said to be in the race for the post while the incumbent KPCC chief Dr. Parameshwara too is trying…
Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad to be a Cabinet Minister soon
April 16, 2017Bengaluru – Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday obtained the Congress central leadership’s approval to expand the State Cabinet and fill up three vacancies in the Legislative Council. Siddharamaiah, who left for Delhi on Friday, called on Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi yesterday and discussed the issues. Party sources said the CM is expected…
Siddu meets Rahul
April 15, 2017New Delhi – After steering Congress party to victory in the recently held Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-elections, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah met party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi this morning and sought permission to fill up two vacancies in his Council of Ministers and three vacancies in the Legislative Council. CM Siddharamaiah, who arrived in New…
I will not leave Congress: Ambarish
April 15, 2017Mandya – Asserting that he would not leave the Congress, former Minister and MLA Ambarish has said that he could not campaign for the Party candidates in the Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls for health reasons. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Ambarish, while admitting that several BJP leaders had met him with an invitation to…
POINT BLANK: Fall of BJP – Will it Rise in 2018?
April 14, 2017Congress-JD(S) alliance in the horizon The whole world loves the winner, declared Indira Gandhi after winning a landslide victory in 1971 Lok Sabha elections, held a year before the normal 5-year term. She got 362 seats out of 520, a two-third majority. A similar feat was delivered by BJP under Narendra Modi in the 2014…
Congress Wins:Retains both Nanjangud and Gundlupet seats
April 13, 2017Nanjangud – The ruling Congress has won both Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies against its arch rival BJP in the by-elections. The counting of votes was held this morning at the JSS First Grade College on Ooty Road in Nanjangud and at St. John’s School in Gundlupet. While Congress candidate Kalale Keshavamurthy defeated BJP candidate…
Kalale, Geetha say victory due to Chief Minister’s good work
April 13, 2017Nanjangud – Nanjangud Assembly constituency winner Kalale Keshavamurthy has said that his victory was due to the pro-active role played by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. “The CM has relentlessly strived for my victory during the last six months and the welfare works he has initiated in the last 4 years have helped me,” he said. He…
Organised strategy helped Congress win: MP
April 13, 2017Nanjangud – Maintaining that a well co-ordinated planning and an organised strategy helped the Congress win Nanjangud (SC) and Gundlupet by-polls, Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan said that the Congress victory is people’s stamp on the 4-year rule of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Speaking to press persons here this afternoon after the victory of Nanjangud Congress candidate…
KPCC Women’s Wing President accused of distributing money
April 7, 2017Gundlupet – Even as the BJP has been constantly accusing the Congress for distributing money and liquor among the electorate for Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls, KPCC Women’s Wing President Lakshmi Hebbalkar was reportedly caught on camera distributing money among the voters in Gundlupet Constituency. The video went viral in social media, which has caused huge…
V.S. Ugrappa, MLC: People’s politician of a rare kind !
April 7, 2017Siddharamaiah’s trouble-shooter Whenever I go to Bengaluru, which is only when it becomes inevitable and inescapable, I stay in my sister-in-law’s place. You have guessed the reason. Really? The reason is my wife loves to stay with her sister. Last week I was in Bengaluru to fulfil a family duty and stayed in HSR Layout…
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