Mysuru: Even as JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and former CM and CLP Leader Siddharamaiah are engaged in a war of words, blaming each other for the collapse of the Coalition Government, BJP MP from Chamarajanagar V. Sreenivasa Prasad has lashed out at the two leaders terming both of them as backstabbers. Speaking to press…
Nikhil likely JD(S) candidate for KR Pet by-poll
August 3, 2019Prajwal interested in contesting Hunsur by-poll HDD to contest LS Polls if Prajwal quits as MP Mysuru: State JD(S) Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, is likely to be fielded as the JD(S) candidate for the KR Pet by-poll, after sitting JD(S) MLA K.C. Narayanagowda was disqualified by the…
Those trusted by me have backstabbed me: H.D. Deve Gowda
July 29, 2019Bengaluru: Maintaining that those trusted by him had backstabbed him, JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD) has regretted that he ignored the loyal party workers while choosing candidates for the elections. Addressing party workers at the party’s State Headquarters J.P. Bhavan here on Sunday, Deve Gowda, who broke into tears even as…
Women of Gowda family humiliated me, says K.R. Pet rebel MLA
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: K.R. Pet rebel JD(S) MLA K.C. Narayanagowda yesterday held women members of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s family responsible for his decision to resign from his Assembly membership. Stirring a hornet’s nest, Narayanagowda told media that he was forced to resign because Deve Gowda’s family constantly interfered in the administration. “I was repeatedly…
Family politics, bane of JD(S)
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has obviously not learnt any lessons from the severe drubbing he and his party received in the recent Lok Sabha polls, where the voters outright rejected the family brand of politics patented by him. Though regional parties in other States are no less dynastic, many of them have built…
Last-ditch efforts on to save Government
July 7, 2019Congress leaders meet JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to land in Bengaluru tonight. Congress High Command seeks explanation from Siddharamaiah. Coalition might seek resignations of 10 Ministers to accommodate rebels. Bengaluru: With the sword of uncertainty or call it Damocles’ Sword hanging over the 14-month old H.D. Kumaraswamy Government following the…
H.K. Kumaraswamy is new State JD-S President; Nikhil is Youth Wing President
July 4, 2019Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Regional Party Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) that is sharing power with the Congress in the State today made some major changes in its organisational set up even as Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is away in the US on a private visit. JD-S supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda this morning appointed Dalit leader…
Don’t know how long the Government will last: JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda
June 22, 2019Bengaluru: JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda kicked up a storm on Friday claiming that mid-term polls to the State Assembly was imminent, given the political scenario in the State. Gowda’s statement created ripples in political circles. While BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa claimed that he will form an alternative Government and will…
JD(S) Legislature Party Meeting on May 21
May 18, 2019Bengaluru: With the results of the Lok Sabha Polls likely to have bearing on State politics, JD(S), a partner in the coalition Government, has convened a JD(S) Legislature Party Meeting at Bengaluru on May 21. The May 21 meeting, just two days before the counting of LS Polls votes on May 23, assumes significance. JD(S)…
Campaign reaches feverish pitch in Mandya hotbed
April 13, 2019Former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, CM HDK, his wife Anitha, son Nikhil, Sumalatha, Actors Darshan and Yash campaign Mandya: With just six days left for Lok Sabha polls, campaigning has touched a feverish pitch in Mandya with political leaders, candidates and film stars intensifying their campaigns, criss-crossing different areas. Mandya has garnered the attention…
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