Mysuru: Even as the State Election Commission announced the poll schedule for Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Elections on Thursday, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah who arrived in the city from Badami last evening, held closed door talks with Congress ticket aspirants for the MCC polls at his residence in T.K. Layout here this morning. Siddharamaiah, who…
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Siddharamaiah asks HDK to roll back fuel price hike
July 12, 2018Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is the Coalition Co-ordination Committee Chairman, has written to Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy asking him to roll back fuel price hike and also not to cut rice quota under the Anna Bhagya Scheme. Expressing displeasure at the blow delivered to his most popular rice scheme, Siddharamaiah in his letter…
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Kaginele Seer likens Siddu to a Ram in battlefield
June 29, 2018Bengaluru: The shadow-boxing and indirect taunts between Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his predecessor, Siddharamaiah over various issues in the coalition government has now acquired a caste colour with Seers of communities to which the two leaders belong to — Vokkaliga and Kuruba — taking sides. A day after the Vokkaliga Seer of Spatikapuri Mahasamsthana…
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Siddu expresses doubts about survival of coalition Govt.
June 27, 2018Bengaluru: Two days after a video-clip where he is seen speaking disapprovingly of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s decision to present a full-fledged budget surfaced, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is currently undergoing naturopathy treatment at Dharmasthala, is in the news again, with another video-clip in which he expresses doubts about the survival of the coalition…
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Ex-CM Siddharamaiah to get Cabinet rank status
June 24, 2018Bengaluru: Even as reports of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah holding parleys with his supporter MLAs and disgruntled Congress leaders at Dharmasthala, where he is undergoing health rejuvenation, have emerged, CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, in an apparent bid to douse the reported discontentment brewing in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government, is said to have decided to make the…
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Land de-notification case: FIR filed against four including former CM
June 24, 2018Mysuru: Following directions from City Court, the Lakshmipuram Police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against former Chief Minister (CM) Siddharamaiah and three others in connection with a 20-year-old land de-notification case. The three others accused in the case are former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman C. Basavegowda, another former MUDA Chairman D….
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Siddharamaiah in Mysuru
June 12, 2018Mysuru: The T.K. Layout residence of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah would be abuzz with activity and teeming with people while he was in power. The last time one saw this scenario was exactly a month ago, when he was the Chief Minister and had come to cast his vote along with his son Dr. Yathindra….
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Siddharamaiah to tour Badami from June 7
June 5, 2018Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has decided to tour Badami Assembly constituency in Bagalkot district for four days from June 7 to express his gratitude to the voters for electing him as their MLA. He will be meeting the Congress party workers and the electorate in the constituency during the tour. Siddharamaiah had contested the…
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‘Siddharamaiah’s attitude was unbecoming of a CM’
May 22, 2018Mysuru: Accusing former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of displaying an attitude that was unbecoming of a Chief Minister, senior BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa has said now that Siddharamaiah has lost power, his (Siddu) attitude may change for the better. Speaking to press persons on the sidelines of the Regional Commissioner’s office here yesterday where party candidate…
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Siddharamaiah in tears at Legislative party meeting
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Outgoing Chief Minister Siddharamaiah (he became former this morning as BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in as the new CM) turned emotional at a meeting of the party’s new Legislators yesterday while speaking on Congress’ defeat in the Assembly polls even as senior leaders blamed him for the result. Seventy-year-old Siddharamaiah received flak from…
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