Bengaluru: Even as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was issued a show-cause notice by Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in connection with the multi-crore MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) site scam, the Congress High Command has resolved to support Siddaramaiah on the issue. The backing follows a meeting in the State capital Bengaluru on Sunday between AICC General…
Congress leaders demand sacking of Venugopal
June 7, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the Congress is struggling to put its house in order post the drubbing in the LS polls, senior Congress leaders have demanded the sacking of Congress Party in-charge of Karnataka, K.C. Venugopal. Maintaining that Venugopal had little knowledge on the ground realities of politics in the State, the leaders accused him of…
Appointment to Boards and Corporations after State Budget
July 2, 2018Bengaluru: AICC General Secretary and Congress party in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal has said that a decision on expansion of the State Cabinet will be taken after the Budget session. Speaking to press persons after the Coordination Committee meeting here on Sunday, Venugopal maintained that the meeting did not discuss Cabinet expansion. However, a decision…
Thalassery-Mysuru Railway Line Project : Remove K.C. Venugopal from AICC post, demands green activist from Kodagu
June 23, 2018Madikeri/ Mysuru: President of Coorg Wildlife Society Col. (Retd.) C.P. Muthanna, who is also the Coordinator, Save Kodagu and Cauvery Campaign, has demanded the immediate sacking of K.C. Venugopal from the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary (Karnataka In-charge) for exerting pressure on the State Government to implement the disputed Thalassery-Mysuru Railway…
Let High Command decide, says an angry Siddharamaiah
April 19, 2018Mysuru: Is there more than what meets the eye to the discontent brewing in Congress over Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contesting both from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru and Badami in Bagalkot District? If Siddharamaiah’s behaviour is taken into consideration, it looks like he is upset with the party High Command for not allowing him to contest from…
Calorie-conscious…
March 26, 2018SWEET TIME: AICC President Rahul Gandhi, State in-Charge K.C. Venugopal, KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara and AICC Member Dr. Pushpa Amarnath sharing a lighter moment after District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa gave chocolates to the leaders. Picture below shows the calorie-conscious and fit Rahul handing over the chocolate to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Congress will retain power
December 27, 2017Mysuru: Claiming that the Siddharamaiah Government in the State was performing well, AICC General Secretary and Congress party in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal has expressed the hope that the party would retain power in the 2018 Assembly polls. Addressing Chamaraja Booth -level party workers at the Congress office here yesterday, Venugopal stressed on the need…
Venugopal reviews Congress’ election preparedness
September 1, 2017Bengaluru: Over a week after BJP’s National President Amit Shah’s directions to revamp the party from booth level, the Karnataka Congress in-charge K.C. Venugopal yesterday held a review meeting of the party’s poll preparedness. One of the issues that dominated the meeting was the failure of legislators who are also the party general secretaries and…
Stay united to retain power, Venugopal tells Congressmen
May 26, 2017Bengaluru: After marathon meetings with party leaders, AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal has sent out a clear message to the party men by saying “Bury the hatchet if you want to retain power.” “If the party is united and if the workers are united, then people will stand by us. Our mantra…
Poll run-up: State Congress in-charge meets H-K leaders
May 23, 2017Bengaluru,: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal, who is holding interaction with district level party leaders with an objective of ensuring better interaction between the party and the Government since yesterday, today began interaction with Congress leaders from Hyderabad-Karnataka (H-K) region in the State capital. The District in-charge Minister, the Party Legislators and…
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