Congress announces second list of candidates for 17 Lok Sabha seats New Delhi: Ending the suspense over the choice of its candidates for Lok Sabha (LS) seats from Karnataka, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the second list of Congress candidates for 17 LS seats of the State. However, the Congress is…
MP Prathap Simha files criminal defamation case against KPCC Spokesperson Lakshmana
March 1, 2024Bengaluru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha has filed defamation cases against KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana in the 32nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (ACMM) in Bengaluru, according to a press release issued by MP Prathap Simha’s office this morning. The MP has filed two separate private criminal complaints bearing numbers 6499/2023 and 1391/2024, punishable under IPC…
Court restrains statements against MP Pratap Simmha
February 1, 2024Bengaluru: The Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court has issued an interim injunction against KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshmana from Mysuru, prohibiting him from conducting any press conferences targeting Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha. Additionally, the Court has summoned Lakshmana to appear before it on Feb. 13 in response to the complaint. The injunction extends to all…
Congress hits back at MP Pratap Simmha
January 1, 2024‘Siddaramaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra will not contest Lok Sabha polls,’ says KPCC Spokesperson Mysore/Mysuru: A day after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha took a swipe at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the arrest of his (Simmha) younger brother in an alleged tree-felling case, the City Congress has hit back at Simmha saying that the MP was using…
‘BJP diverting public attention, desperate to save Mysuru MP’
December 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has accused BJP of diverting public attention by prompting MP Lahar Singh Siroya to claim that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is allegedly using ‘Urban Naxals’ to ensnare Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha, with the purported motive of securing his son, Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, as the next Mysuru MP. Speaking at a press…
City Cong. leaders submit list of works done by CM Siddharamaiah for Mysuru to MP Pratap Simha’s PA
September 6, 2023As a precaution, Police barricade main gate of Jaladarshini Guest House, MP’s Office Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed for sometime at Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur Road in city this morning, as hundreds of Congress workers, led by KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana, made a vain bid to barge into the Guest House, where the Office of Mysuru-Kodagu…
Congress reacts to MP’s outbursts against CM: ‘Let Simha, GTD come for a debate on Sept. 6 and 7’
September 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In light of MP Pratap Simha’s recent criticism of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and the CM’s call for Simha’s defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson, M. Lakshmana, has thrown down the gauntlet. He has extended an invitation to both Pratap Simha and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda to engage…
Urigowda, Nanjegowda row: Congress alleges conspiracy to defame Vokkaligas
March 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the BJP has created fictional characters like Urigowda and Nanjegowda just for politicking and to defame Vokkaligas, the Congress has urged Vokkaligara Sangha and Community Seers to lodge a complaint against BJP leaders for having created the fictional characters in order to arouse communal passions. Addressing a press meet at the Congress…
‘Installation of Kempegowda’s statue in Bengaluru welcome’
October 24, 2022KPCC Spokesperson accuses BJP of election gimmick to woo Vokkaliga community Mysore/Mysuru: “The installation of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda near Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru is welcome. The statue could have been installed two years before itself. Just because the elections are nearing, the BJP, by installing the statue now, is trying to woo Vokkaliga community,” accused…
Demand for inclusion of SC, ST reservation hike in 9th Schedule
October 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has demanded immediate inclusion of SC and ST reservation hike announced by the State Government in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution. Addressing a press meet at Congress Bhavan here on Monday, Lakshmana wanted the Government to declare when the reservation hike will be included in the Ninth Schedule. Maintaining…
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