HDK announces expulsion of Prajwal from party if found guilty in SIT probe Bengaluru: As the heat over the sex scandal allegedly involving Hassan JD (S) MP Prajwal Revanna intensified, State JD(S) Core Committee President and MLA G.T. Devegowda announced the suspension of Prajwal from the party today. The decision to take action against Prajwal,…
C.S. Puttaraju emerges as a consensus candidate
February 14, 2024With none from JD(S) first family to contest from Mandya Bengaluru: While independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has been making rounds to Delhi and meeting top BJP national leaders, expressing her intent to contest on a BJP ticket from Mandya, former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda held a meeting with the party’s top…
Cauvery water row: City witnesses more protests
September 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the latest directive of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) also going against the interests of the State, the city witnessed more protests today against the CWRC directive to Karnataka Government to release 3,000 cusecs of water daily from KRS, for the next 18 days. Janata Dal (S) party led today’s protest at…
Cauvery protests intensify; JD(S) joins bandwagon
September 3, 2023Mandya: Strongly condemning the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, the JD(S) staged a massive protest in the Sugar Town of Mandya on Saturday urging the Government to immediately stop release of water and come to the rescue of Karnataka farmers. Hundreds of JD(S) workers, who gathered at Mandya’s Silver Jubilee Park, marched in…
It is official: Yediyurappa says BJP and JD(S) together will fight Congress
July 4, 2023Bengaluru: Even as the Congress is on a nationwide campaign for the cause of Opposition Unity to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, in an interesting development here in Karnataka, the BJP and the JD(S) have decided to join hands to fight against the Congress Government in the State. Veteran BJP…
Ibrahim, Nikhil resign after rout
May 25, 2023Bengaluru: Following the defeat of JD(S) in the recent Assembly elections, party State President C.M. Ibrahim has taken moral responsibility and submitted his resignation. Ibrahim stated that he sent his resignation a day after the election results were announced, but it is yet to be accepted. Additionally, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the President of JD(S) youth wing…
What caused the BJP’s downfall?
May 17, 2023By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist The electrician, who came to my house on Sunday soon after the counting of votes of the Assembly elections on Saturday (May 13), was eager to express his opinion about the outcome of the polls, as the subject was still hot and fresh. Referring to the Congress’ stunning victory, he…
Pre-poll guarantees did the trick for Congress
May 14, 2023Bengaluru: Congress has made a comeback in Karnataka, with its best electoral performance in the State since 1989. As per the results declared by the Election Commission in all the 224 seats, the Congress has won 135 seats, the BJP’s tally has been reduced to 66 and the JD(S) 19. Independents have won two seats…
Congress triumphs in Mandya: JD(S) loses ground in its stronghold
May 14, 2023Mandya: The Congress which was lying low in the sugar belt of Mandya district, has now risen like a Phoenix, winning 5 out of the total 7 seats, while the Sarvodya party candidate Darshan Puttannaiah, whom it had backed in Melukote Constituency, won. The JD(S) which had maintained a stranglehold in the district for nearly…
Congress wins
May 13, 2023Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat of BJP as the Congress sailed past the halfway mark at 2.30 pm, leading in 136 seats (winning 29 seats). The ruling BJP is leading in 63 seats (winning 13 seats) and H.D. Kumaraswamy’s JD(S) is ahead in 21 seats (winning 4 seats) while others led…
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