Bengaluru: Even as the suspense continues over the appointment of Working Presidents, the Congress High Command is said to have finalised the name of senior party leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) for KPCC President’s post. Even before the announcement of his name, Shivakumar is said to have urged the party High Command to…
H.K. Patil likely to be KPCC President?
June 25, 2018New Delhi/Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader H. K. Patil is likely to be made the KPCC President as AICC President Rahul Gandhi is keen on giving representation to North Karnataka region. Though KPCC Working President Dinesh Gundu Rao, former Minister T.B. Jayachandra, former Union Minister K.H. Muniyappa, Rajya Sabha member B. K. Hariprasad and Water Resources…
Dr. Parameshwara retains KPCC, Siddu to lead polls, DKS to head campaign
June 1, 2017Bengaluru: Balancing caste equations and not to antagonise any community ahead of the Assembly elections in 2018, the Congress High Command has decided to continue Dr. G. Parameshwara as Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President. But Dr. Parameshwara will resign as Home Minister to devote his full time and energy to the party, the Congress announced…
Rahul Gandhi begins talk with State Congress leaders
May 29, 2017Karnataka CM Siddharamaiah holds breakfast meeting with his senior party colleagues at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi Bengaluru/Delhi: Even as it seems there is no end for speculation regarding the appointment of new State Congress Chief, the speculation reached a new high on Sunday with the Congress High Command convening a meeting of select party…
KPCC President’s post: 3 names suggested to High Command
May 14, 2017Bengaluru: All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary K.C. Venugopal has sent a list of names to the Congress High Command for the post of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President. According to party sources, Venugopal, who met Rahul Gandhi here on May 12, has suggested the names of Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil, former…
New KPCC President in two weeks: Kharge
May 5, 2017Bengaluru: Congress Parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge has said that a new KPCC President will be appointed in two weeks. In his first public statement on party matters in recent times, Kharge said the new KPCC President to replace Dr. G. Parameshwara will be announced shortly. AICC President Sonia Gandhi has discussed…
D.K. Shivakumar to be KPCC President?
May 5, 2017Bengaluru: Even as hectic lobbying has begun for KPCC President’s post, Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar seems to be the front runner for the post with AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi keen to nominate him for the post according to top sources. Realising Rahul Gandhi’s backing for him, D.K. Shivakumar, who was on a foreign tour, has…
KPCC President post is not vacant: Digvijay Singh
April 18, 2017Maintaining that the KPCC President’s Post is not vacant for now, AICC General Secretary and Congress party’s Karnataka in-Charge Digvijay Singh has dismissed speculations that hectic lobbying has begun for KPCC President’s post. Speaking to the presspersons here this morning, Digvijay Singh lauded party’s victory in the recently held Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls. Criticising former…
Hectic lobbying for KPCC President’s post
April 17, 2017Bengaluru – With the Congress High Command keen on replacing KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara, hectic lobbying has begun in the Congress for the post. Ministers M.B. Patil, D.K. Shivakumar and senior leader S.R. Patil are said to be in the race for the post while the incumbent KPCC chief Dr. Parameshwara too is trying…
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