Withdraws from ticket race, announces support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan Mysore/Mysuru: In a sudden political development, former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has announced his support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan, withdrawing himself from the race for Congress ticket to contest the ensuing Assembly elections from Nanjangud (SC reserve) Constituency in the district. Dr. Mahadevappa, who was vying for…
10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway project: Congress pats its own back, dismisses BJP’s contribution
March 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: What was meant to be an Economic Corridor that would herald progress, the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway project has turned into a battleground of sorts between political rivals BJP and Congress. At ground zero, these political opponents have been taking pot-shots at each other to take credit for the project. Two days before Prime Minister…
DPR preparation is no big deal, says MP Pratap Simha
March 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Addressing a press conference at the Mysuru BJP Office this noon, MP Pratap Simha ridiculed the claim of the Congress that it was the brain behind the project and said, “The Congress party has come for a jolly ride on the Expressway and they are opening their mouth now as the NDA Government led…
Former Minister accuses BJP of fostering ‘Manuvada’
June 12, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of fostering ‘Manuvada’ through text book revision, former Congress Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa alleged that the Government was out to distort history. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here yesterday, Dr. Mahadevappa charged the BJP Government of functioning in an autocratic matter, by throwing all norms of democracy to the…
Backward Classes Forum celebrates birth anniversary of Devaraja Urs
August 23, 2021Mandya: The current political scenario is in crossroads and the Constitution is under threat. The castist-communal forces will push the secular forces to a corner in case they failed to protect democracy, opined former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. He was speaking at a function organised by D. Devaraja Urs Backward Classes Forum in connection with…
Amendments to Land Reforms Act is shocking: Former Minister
June 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “The State Government’s decision to amend the Karnataka Land Reforms Act is a shocking development,” said former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station yesterday, Dr. Mahadevappa said that the people, who are recovering from the flood damage, were now living in a state of fear…
Foundation stone laid for Dalit Museum, Library and Documentation Centre at University of Mysore
March 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, on Monday, laid the foundation stone for a Library, Museum and Dalit Documentation Centre at the University of Mysore’s (UoM) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Research and Extension Centre at Manasagangothri here. The Centre will house and conserve various reports on Reservations, Commissions, Dalit movements, socio-economic and political empowerment of Dalits….
State-level Executive Committee meet of Youth Congress held in city
February 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the Congress party stands for Equality, Social Justice and Constitutional Rights, senior Congress leader and former Minister Dr.H.C. Mahadevappa stressed on the need for organising the party at all levels. Speaking after inaugurating the one-day State-level Executive Committee meeting of Karnataka Pradesha Youth Congress at Congress Bhavan near the city Railway Station here…
Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa knocking on JD(S) doors?
January 5, 2019Bengaluru: Former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, who was once a close aide of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, is said to be knocking on the doors of the JD(S) after reportedly being sidelined by the Congress leadership. Dr. Mahadevappa is said to have met JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) through an influential leader in the…
Former Minister inaugurates State Seminar on Panchayat Raj in city
October 28, 2018Mysuru: Former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, inaugurated the seminar on ‘Panchayat Raj Organisations and Atrocities of the Union Government,’ organised by Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees Union, affiliated to CITU at Dewan Poornaiah Memorial Bhavan on Mahatma Gandhi Road here this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar, Mahadevappa said that there were more than 5…
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