Mandya: “During the UPA regime at the Centre, Dr. Manmohan Singh was just a name sake Prime Minister with administrative control by Rahul Gandhi,” recalled former Chief Minister and BJP leader S.M. Krishna (SMK). He was speaking at a meeting of BJP activists held at BGS Bhavan here yesterday. After joining BJP, Krishna had kept…
I have taken Deeksha to strengthen BJP: S.M. Krishna
April 3, 2017Maintaining that any by-poll results are not a pointer to General Assembly Elections, former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader S.M. Krishna has said that by-polls are generally fought on local issues and between individual candidates. Speaking to press persons at the BJP office here this noon, S.M. Krishna, who is on his first visit…
City BJP leaders receive S.M. Krishna at Railway Station
April 3, 2017Former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who arrived in Mysuru for the first time after joining BJP, was given a rousing welcome by City and District BJP leaders at the Railway Station on his arrival from Bengaluru this morning. Later, Krishna left for Nanjangud by road where he was scheduled to take part in a…
S.M. Krishna’s followers in a dilemma
March 28, 2017TO QUIT CONGRESS OR NOT… Even as senior leader and former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna joined the BJP recently, his followers in his native district of Mandya are in a dilemma whether to follow their leader or not. The people of Mandya have voted for Congress and JD(S) candidates all these years, with BJP failing…
S.M. Krishna to hit campaign trail in April first week
March 28, 2017Senior leader S.M. Krishna, who joined the BJP recently, will hit the campaign trail in poll-bound Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly segments, in the first week of April. As per a schedule worked out by former Dy.CM R. Ashok, Krishna will address a press meet in Mysuru on Apr. 5 and campaign for the BJP candidate…
BJP is the only disciplined party in the State: S.M. Krishna
March 25, 2017Maintaining that BJP is the only disciplined party in the State, senior leader and former CM S.M. Krishna has said that he had to quit Congress as he was ignored by the party. Addressing a press meet at the State BJP headquarters in Malleswaram yesterday, the first one since his joining the BJP, Krishna said…
S.M. Krishna will campaign during by-polls: BSY
March 23, 2017Maintaining that former Chief Minister and senior leader S.M. Krishna’s entry into the party will give much more strength to the BJP in the run up to next year’s Assembly polls, former CM and State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) has said that he will personally welcome Krishna to the State BJP Headquarters once he…
Krishna joins BJP; heaps praises on Modi, Amit Shah
March 23, 2017In preparation for next year’s key battle in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday inducted former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who had quit the Congress in January. Krishna joined the BJP in the presence of the party’s National President Amit Shah. “I am humbled today that I am joining the party which was…
S.M. Krishna to join BJP in New Delhi at 4 pm today
March 22, 2017Former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is all set to join BJP today in New Delhi, around seven weeks after he resigned from Congress. He will be joining BJP at around 4 pm in the national capital. The 84-year-old Krishna will be inducted into the saffron party in the presence of its National President Amit…
Krishna likely to meet Amit Shah today
March 20, 2017Former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna is likely to meet BJP National President Amit Shah in New Delhi today to finalise his intended entry into the saffron outfit. Krishna was supposed to join the BJP on Mar. 15, but due to the death of his sister, Krishna had put off plans of joining the party….
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