Mysuru: B.Y. Vijayendra’s house at Varuna village will henceforth be used as BJP office. He had rented out the house on the outskirts of Varuna village as his name was doing the rounds as the BJP candidate to take on Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra in Varuna. Now that the BJP has declared Thotadappa…
Battle for Varuna constituency: BJP fields Ananth Kumar’s aide Thotadappa Basavaraju
April 24, 2018Mysuru: In a surprise political development and unexpected twists and turns this morning, the BJP High Command has decided to field Thotadappa Basavaraju as its official candidate for Varuna Constituency to take on Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son and Congress candidate Dr. Yathindra. In Badami Constituency of Bagalkot district, the BJP has fielded B. Sriramulu, MP…
It’s official: Vijayendra will not contest from Varuna
April 24, 2018Mysuru: It’s now official. The sons of two political veterans running for Karnataka Chief Minister’s post will not face off in Varuna constituency. Varuna, with Chief Minister Siddharamaiah as its current MLA, was prepping for weeks for a showdown between Siddharamaiah’s son, Dr. Yathindra and B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of BJP’s Chief Minister candidate, B.S….
BJP leaders holed up in city hotel; hold talks since 6 am
April 24, 2018Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road out of bounds for public and party workers Mysuru: The President Hotel near Sub-Urban Bus Station on the Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road became a beehive of activity this morning where a meeting between BJP National General-Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Karnataka in-charge K. Muralidhar Rao and BJP’s election-in-charge for Karnataka, Union HRD Minister…
Stones pelted at BJP office in city
April 24, 2018Mysuru: In the wake of BJP denying ticket to party State President B.S. Yeddyurappa’s son B.Y. Vijayendra to contest from Varuna, irate party workers threw stones at the party office in Nazarbad this afternoon. Angry party workers, shouting slogans in support of Vijayendra, pelted stones at the portraits of leaders that were pasted outside the…
Varuna: BJP High Command withholds B.Y. Vijayendra’s nomination
April 23, 2018Nanjangud: Even as the BJP top brass is yet to officially announce its final list of 11 candidates, including the high-profile Varuna Assembly Constituency, from where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra is contesting as the Congress candidate, BJP probable candidate B.Y. Vijayendra, younger son of State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa, who was scheduled to…
Villagers demand polling booth at Madayyana Hundi in Varuna
April 19, 2018Mysuru: Voting is not a right it is our responsibility too. And as it is the election season, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is creating awareness among the voters about the importance of voting. The effort of the ECI in this direction is welcome. But should there not be polling booths for the voters…
Marase villagers to boycott polls
April 18, 2018Mysuru: Nearly 800 villagers of Marase village in Varuna hobli of Mysuru taluk, which comes under Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s constituency (Siddu had won the Assembly polls from here in 2013 and now his son Dr. Yathindra is contesting the 2018 polls), have decided to boycott the Karnataka Assembly elections on May 12. The villagers, in…
CM on Padayatra in Varuna
April 18, 2018CM Siddharamaiah, clad in his white kurtha-lungi, sporting a P-cap and wearing a half-shoe and socks, undertaking padayatra at Varuna Constituency yesterday canvassing for his son Dr. Yathindra who is contesting as a Congress candidate from the Constituency. The CM received a rousing reception from the voters during his poll campaign.
Trailing B.Y. Vijayendra, BJP, in Varuna Constituency
April 14, 2018Election in a democracy is the season for migrants. Like birds and animals migrate from one location to another during certain seasons and for certain reasons like drought or forest fire, smart politicians too migrate from one party to another. They are the ones who know which side of the bread is buttered! In Mysuru…















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