Mysuru: Accusing the BJP of misleading dalits, KPCC Working President and former MP R. Dhruvanarayan maintained that BJP leaders have no moral stand to criticise former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who had introduced several programmes for the welfare of dalits and backward classes, when he was in power. Addressing presspersons at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday,…
Dhruvanarayan, Ramalinga Reddy installed as KPCC Working Presidents
February 22, 2021Bengaluru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan and former Minister Ramalinga Reddy were installed as KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working Presidents at a programme held at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall here yesterday, taking the total number of KPCC Working Presidents to five. The Congress has three other Working Presidents — Satish Jarkiholi, Eshwar Khandre and Salim Ahmed, who…
KPCC engages 300 doctors for COVID care
July 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan said that the KPCC has engaged over 300 doctors for providing health care for COVID-19 positive patients across the State. Announcing this at Congress Bhavan here yesterday, where he released a poster on ‘Arogya Hasta’ programme, Dhruvanarayan alleged that the State Government has miserably failed in handling the COVID-19…
D.K. Shivakumar rejigs KPCC frontal organisations
July 25, 2020Former Additional Advocate General A.S. Ponnanna to head KPCC Legal Cell and RTI Cell Bengaluru: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar‘s proposal to rejig party frontal organisations are now approved by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) interim President Sonia Gandhi. Shivakumar has brought his loyalists to these posts to keep a…
D.K. Shivakumar takes oath as KPCC Chief in a live-cum-virtual event
July 2, 2020Bengaluru: Five months after being appointed Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Chief, Congress strongman-trouble-shooter D.K. Shivakumar took oath in a mega virtual meet in Bengaluru this morning. His dream of taking oath in the presence of lakhs of cheering party workers at a mammoth public function was shattered by the Coronavirus pandemic. However, not losing…
DKS installation as KPCC President on June 7 postponed
June 2, 2020Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s (DKS) assumption of office as KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) President which was scheduled to take place on June 7, has been postponed as there is no permission to hold any political meetings until June 8 due to COVID-19 regulations. Speaking to presspersons at the KPCC…
D.K. Shivakumar to take charge as KPCC President on June 7
May 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly three months after he was named as the new KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) President, Senior Congress leader and former Minister D.K. Shivakumar will assume office on June 7. Shivakumar, who is the sitting Congress MLA from Kanakapura, will take charge as the KPCC President at the Party Office here in the presence…
District Congress donates Rs. 16.51 lakh to KPCC Disaster Fund
May 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the poor and the needy during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Mysuru District Congress donated Rs.16.51 lakh collected by it to the KPCC Disaster Fund. A Congress delegation comprising former MP R. Dhruvanarayan, MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, MLC R. Dharmasena, former MLA Kalale Keshavamurthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar,…
KPCC Women’s Wing Chief lashes out at State Govt.
May 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Condemning the attempts made by the State Government to close down Mahila Santhvana Kendras and stopping of Mathrushri Scheme, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Women’s Wing President Dr. Pushpa Amarnath has alleged that the present BJP State Government is not concerned about the welfare of women and children. Addressing a press meet at the…
‘Ban liquor sales till lockdown ends’
May 9, 2020KPCC Women’s Wing to file PIL on Monday Wearing black face masks and holding placards, they stage symbolic protest Mysore/Mysuru: The Women’s Wing of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has sought a ban on liquor sales till the lockdown ends. Addressing a press meet at Congress Office near City Railway Station this noon, KPCC…
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