Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Tuesday said that the party is fully prepared for the elections to the proposed Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), while alleging that the Congress government has discriminated against BJP legislators in the allocation of development funds. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of BJP leaders appointed as in-charges for the GBA elections at the party’s state headquarters in Bengaluru, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka said the…
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Bengaluru, June 30 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday accused the Congress-led state government of creating hurdles in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The SIR commenced across Karnataka on Tuesday, with more than 59,000 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) launching a month-long door-to-door verification exercise to ensure the state’s electoral rolls remain accurate, complete, and up to date.Speaking to reporters at the party’s state …
Bengaluru, June 27 (IANS) BJP State President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, on Saturday said it is a matter of pride that Nadaprabhu Kempegowda’s vision and contributions have made Bengaluru a city recognised not only across India but also internationally.He was speaking after felicitating social worker R.P. Ravishankar at the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations organised by the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Pratishthana at the Kempegowda Border Tower Park in Sadashivanagar.Vijayendra said the fact t…
Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Parliamentary Committee Member B.S. Yediyurappa has said that the Congress has “no future”, asserting that just as the Trinamool Congress was defeated in West Bengal, the Congress will also face a similar fate in the state in the next Assembly elections. Speaking to the media on Monday in the city on the results of the five-state Assembly elections, he added that the Congress, which could not win eve…
Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) Condemning the decision of the Congress-led government in Karnataka not to award marks for the third language, including Hindi, for Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class 10) students, the BJP has said that connecting language is essential for nation-building and there was no need to oppose the Hindi language. Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, C.N. Ashwath Narayan, former deputy chief minister and BJP MLA, on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Congress governm…
Bengaluru, March 26 (IANS) The Karnataka Legislative Assembly witnessed heated exchanges and unruly scenes on Thursday as Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and BJP MLA Munirathna Naidu traded sharp personal remarks, prompting Speaker U.T. Khader to intervene and condemn the conduct of members.Replying to issues raised during the discussion on Bengaluru’s development, Shivakumar took exception to remarks made by Munirathna and said the MLA had “narrated his own story” in the House. Refe…
Bengaluru, March 26 (IANS) Responding to comparisons between Bengaluru and Hyderabad, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, stated that he does not wish to compare Bengaluru, which stands in sixth position as a global tech hub with Hyderabad, which is placed 26th.Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Dy CM Shivakumar, who also handles the Bengaluru Development portfolio, said, “According to a recent report, Bengaluru is among the top 10 global tech hubs. San Francisco ranks first, f…
Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) A BJP state core committee meeting was held on Friday at the BJP state office ‘Jagannath Bhavan’ in Bengaluru to discuss candidates and election strategy for bypolls to two Assembly seats in the state. The meeting, held under the leadership of the party’s state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, was attended by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka BJP in-charge and National General Secretary Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai, …
Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) Karnataka BJP chief and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the country with the spirit of being the “Pradhan Sevak” (chief servant) and believes that for India to transform into a developed nation by 2047, the role of women alongside men is extremely important. Vijayendra recalled that when B.S. Yediyurappa was Chief Minister, the birth of a girl child in poor families was often seen as a curse. “Yediyurappa made peop…
Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday staged a protest near the Vidhana Soudha alleging that the State Budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was like an “empty pot”.The protest was led by BJP state President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka, Deputy Leader Arvind Bellad, Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Legislative Council N. Ravikumar, along with former ministers, MLAs and Members of the Legislativ…