T. Narasipur: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday landed in a controversy when he engaged in a heated argument with a woman party worker and snatched the mike from her at an event at Gargeshwari in the taluk. Siddharamaiah was taking part in the power sub-station inauguration programme at Gargeshwari when Jamal Ara, a former Taluk…
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was in high spirits this morning, as he came out of his residence in T.K. Layout after holding a meeting with the party workers and supporters. The reason was they had expressed confidence of the Congress party’s victories in both Chamundeshwari and Varuna Constituencies. This Joie de vivre he carried while…
Mysuru: Sandalwood actor Yogesh (Yogi) campaigned for Varuna Congress candidate Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, in some villages of the constituency yesterday. Yogesh held Road Shows in 13 villages including Duddagere, Lakshmipura and Gurukarpura in the Constituency. Addressing the gathering at villages, Yogesh said that CM Siddharamaiah is credited with introducing various welfare…
Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress party candidate. A medical doctor by profession, he was brought into politics by his father after the sad and untimely demise of his…
Mysuru: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a whirlwind tour across the State extending his election campaign rallies in 21 Constituencies instead of the initial 15, BJP National President Amit Shah is launching his next leg of poll campaign tomorrow in Mysuru region where the party needs to drum up support. Amit Shah’s…
Mysuru: B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of former Chief Minster B.S. Yeddyurappa has clarified that former Minister and present BJP candidate for Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency S.A. Ramdas has no role to play in the BJP denying ticket to him (Vijayendra) from Varuna. He has said that some vested interests are spreading false messages in social media…
T. Narasipur: Expressing anger over denial of party ticket to former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa’s son B.Y. Vijayendra from Varuna Assembly segment, disgruntled BJP workers created ruckus at a party meeting here yesterday. The meeting of Varuna Assembly workers and leaders was convened at the party office located on College Road in the town yesterday, as…
Mysuru: A large number of independent candidates contesting the May 12 Assembly election has forced the Election Commission to use more than one Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in booths. The Commission has to use double EVMs as they cannot deny a candidate his democratic right to contest and his/ her name, photograph and poll symbol…
Mysuru: Upset by the BJP top brass move to deny Varuna Constituency ticket to B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of party Chief Ministerial candidate and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, a die-hard fan of Vijayendra committed suicide at Varuna this morning. The incident occurred at Saragur village in Varuna and the man who took the extreme…
Mysuru: B.Y. Vijayendra, son of BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was denied ticket from Varuna constituency and had become incommunicado after the political storm hit the party, yesterday said that he was not pained about being out of the poll fray and “happily accepted” the Central leadership’s decision. “I bow to the decision and…
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