Bengaluru, Feb 25 (IANS) Hours after police action against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members following vandalisation at the prestigious Azim Premji University, the organisation addressed a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah demanding strict action against the All India Students Association (AISA), its affiliated SPARK organisation, and Azim Premji University, alleging that anti-national activities were being facilitated on the campus.In a submission by its Bengaluru Maha…
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Bengaluru, Feb 25 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Wednesday defended the police action against the members of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in connection with the controversy at Azim Premji University, stating that the government would not tolerate attempts to disrupt academic events or take the law into one’s hands.Speaking to reporters, HM Parameshwara said the university had planned to conduct a seminar and emphasised that academic institutions must be all…
Bengaluru, Feb 14 (IANS) BJP state president and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra has alleged that the Congress-led Karnataka government diverted a special grant released by the Centre for specific schemes and utilised it for other projects and departments at its discretion, despite lacking the authority to do so.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters, Jagannath Bhavan, in Bengaluru on Saturday, Vijayendra claimed that, according to information available to him, the state government and …
Bengaluru, Jan 23 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP demanded a ruling from Speaker U.T. Khader on the letter submitted by the party regarding the alleged disrespect shown by ruling Congress legislators to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot after he declined to read out the speech prepared by the state government. The BJP further urged the Speaker to suspend Congress legislators, including Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, in this regard.Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, rais…
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) Karnataka BJP chief President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday that the Congress-led government is colluding to turn the state into another Bangladesh. Speaking at a protest organised near the Country Club on Bagalur Main Road under the slogan “Save Kogilu, remove illegal migrants”, Vijayendra termed the move to allot houses to alleged illegal migrants an unpardonable crime and said the BJP strongly condemns it and will launch statewide protests.He alleged that …
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) Responding to allegations by BJP leaders that the Karnataka government is providing houses to alleged Bangladeshi immigrants whose structures on prime government land in Bengaluru were demolished, following the intervention of the AICC, Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge questioned the basis on which BJP leaders were claiming the presence of Bangladeshi immigrants in the city.Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Monday, Minister Kharge said, “What do they mean…
Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) Commenting on the controversy surrounding the demolition of encroached government land and the rehabilitation of encroachers following AICC intervention in Bengaluru, former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MLA C.N. Ashwath Narayan alleged that all encroachers were Bangladeshis and accused the Karnataka government of diverting the issue under the pretext of providing houses to the poor.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Thursday, Ashwath Narayan claimed, “All encroacher…
Bengaluru, Dec 27 (IANS) Referring to discussions on moving out of Foxconn from Karnataka, the State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday, charged that the Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is threatening industrialists in the state. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said: “In the last two-and-a-half years, several companies, from Ather Energy to others, had moved out of the state. Toyota had gone to another state, and Foxconn’s …