Yesterday was Saturday and the whole country watched with bated breath the Saturday Political Fever of Karnataka. Voting was on May 12, 2018 and when the results came on 15th May 2018 the numbers were as follows: BJP 104, Congress 78, JD(S) 38 and others 2. The exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with the…
Karnataka CM B.S. Yeddyurappa steps down without facing trust vote
May 19, 2018Bengaluru: The 3-day old B.S. Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka collapsed today, with the chief minister announcing his decision to resign without facing a trust vote. The Supreme Court had yesterday ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 PM today, drastically slashing the 15-day window given by Governor Vajubhai Vala to BJP Chief…
Karnataka Assembly Elections-2018: Polling tomorrow
May 11, 2018Mysuru: The political fate of candidates contesting the 15th Assembly elections will get sealed tomorrow after the State goes to poll. On its part, the Election Commission and the District Administration have appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise in a free and fearless manner without being induced, enticed or influenced by political parties….
Vindictive stigmatisation fails to politically eliminate S.A. Ramdas
May 9, 2018With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And we voters, left with no choice, keep voting not wanting NOTA. After all, let there be someone to represent us as an MLA…
Vote for the future of India
May 8, 2018By T.J.S. George Never was a Karnataka election more important to India than this one. Never was a Karnataka election more ruthlessly fought than this one. All bets are off. All masks are off. All decencies associated with democracy are out. The one and only objective is: Win by hook or by crook, mostly by…
‘Alliance with JD(S) doesn’t arise as Cong. will return to power’
May 5, 2018Bengaluru: Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar has dismissed suggestions that Congress President Rahul Gandhi, by calling JD(S) as the ‘B Team’ of BJP, had closed the doors of an alliance with JD(S) in case of a fractured mandate. The Minister, however, was quick to insist that such an eventuality would not arise as there would be…
Nebulae over BJP campaign in Karnataka: What message you send to your voters is of utmost importance
April 30, 2018A Kannada TV Channel discusses why not a Bengalurean as CM this time?! The feeling among Lingayats all over the State is that in the event of a hung Assembly, should the BJP and the JD(S) form an alliance Government, the prospects of Yeddyurappa becoming the Chief Minister is very dim. And BJP’s Delhi High…
‘Congress is known to be an institutional disrupter’: Meenakshi Lekhi
April 29, 2018Politics is not everyone’s cup of tea and hence a majority would have nothing to do with it. However, politicians are the ones who make a difference because they are the policy makers. And once the election season comes, every political party projects itself as the most suitable ruling party. In this time of political…
Mandya’s ‘5-rupee’ doctor files nomination
April 25, 2018Mandya: Popularly called as the ‘5-rupee Doctor,’ Dr. S.C. Shankaregowda filed his nomination papers for the Mandya Assembly constituency as an independent candidate on Monday. The election officers were surprised when he deposited a packet of Rs.5 coins as security deposit amounting to Rs.10,000 along with his nomination papers. The Officers were very frustrated as…
BJP leaders holed up in city hotel; hold talks since 6 am
April 24, 2018Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road out of bounds for public and party workers Mysuru: The President Hotel near Sub-Urban Bus Station on the Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road became a beehive of activity this morning where a meeting between BJP National General-Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Karnataka in-charge K. Muralidhar Rao and BJP’s election-in-charge for Karnataka, Union HRD Minister…
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