Hunsur: A few JD(S) leaders in Hunsur are not happy with the statements of Prajwal Revanna, the son of former Minister and party leader H.D. Revanna. Prajwal stated yesterday that he was an aspirant for Hunsur Assembly ticket for the 2018 elections. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, H.P. Sathish Kumar, Hunsur City Municipal…
MCC Ward 32 by-poll: JD(S) Wins
July 5, 2017Mysuru: The ruling Congress party suffered a severe setback in the recently held by-polls for Ward 32 of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Mandya ZP, Mandya City Municipal Council and Kolar City Municipal Council with JD(S) candidates emerging victorious this morning. In the by-poll for Ward 32 of MCC, candidates SBM Manju (JD-S) and K. Madesh…
A.H. Vishwanath joins JD(S)
July 4, 2017Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath, today joined JD(S) along with his followers at a function organised at J.P. Bhavan in Bengaluru. JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and party State President H.D. Kumaraswamy inducted Vishwanath into the party by presenting him with the party flag. About 10 Congress members and followers of…
A.H. Vishwanath to join JD(S) on July 4
July 2, 2017Mysuru: Former MP A.H. Vishwanath, who quit Congress, has announced that he would be joining JD(S) on July 4 at 11 am at the party office in Bengaluru in the presence of former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and former Chief Minister and State JD(S) President H.D. Kumaraswamy. Addressing a press meet…
Bringing back JD(S) to power is my last wish: H.D. Deve Gowda
June 30, 2017Hunsur: Stating that bringing back JD(S) to power in the State was his last wish, former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has appealed the electorate to support the party in the 2018 Assembly polls. Addressing a meeting of party workers at Adichunchanagiri Kalyana Mantap in the town yesterday, Deve Gowda asked them not…
JD(S) to support Meira Kumar in Presidential election
June 26, 2017Bengaluru: The JD(S) on Sunday decided to support former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, the opposition candidate in the Presidential polls. Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his son H.D. Kumaraswamy endorsed the candidature of Meira by signing on her nomination papers in the presence of Congress leaders in Bengaluru. Earlier, KPCC President Dr….
JD(S) youth wing stages protest
June 9, 2017Mysuru: Demanding revival of Srirama Sugar Factory at Chunchanakatte in K.R. Nagar taluk, about 30 members of the JD(S) youth wing staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite City Law Courts Complex here yesterday morning. Claiming that the Congress Government had turned a deaf ear to numerous pleas of K.R. Nagar MLA…
JD(S) to be strengthened under G.T. Devegowda’s leadership in Mysuru region: H.D. Kumaraswamy
June 2, 2017Mysuru: The rift in JD(S) arising out of perceived efforts to field A.H. Vishwanath or the party leader H.D. Revanna’s son Prajwal from Hunsur Assembly constituency in the 2018 Assembly polls seems to have been resolved. A closed door meeting was held between Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) and the party State Unit President H.D….
Is Congress eyeing for an alliance with JD(S) in 2018?
June 1, 2017Bengaluru: With the Congress High Command deciding to continue Dr. G. Parameshwara as KPCC President, it seems to have hit two birds with one stone. According to party insiders, while the High Command has played it safe by retaining Parameshwara — not to antagonise Dalit communities ahead of next elections — it has paved way…
Dissidence erupts in Mysuru JD(S): MLA G.T. Devegowda says he is being sidelined by party leaders
May 26, 2017Mysuru: After staying away from former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda’s recent engagements in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts, Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) on Thursday openly criticised JD(S) State party Chief H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) and K.R. Nagar MLA S.R. Mahesh. Speaking to press persons after attending the birth anniversary celebration of Co-operative…
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