Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to launch a public awareness campaign across the state against the Congress-led state government’s alleged rollback of the enhanced reservation provided to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) during the previous BJP government. Addressing the media after a meeting with BJP SC/ST leaders at his residence in Bengaluru, Bommai accused the s…
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Chitradurga, May 6 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra has said the ‘Abhimanotsava’ event in honour of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 9, instead of morning, and that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the event.Speaking to the media here on Wednesday, Vijayendra said the event is being organised to mark the completion of 50 years in public life of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, whom he described as an unparallel…
Mysuru, May 2 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President B.Y. Vijayendra said on Saturday that the developments within the Congress indicate that the leadership change is underway in the state. He made the statement while speaking to the media in Mysuru after inviting religious seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of Suttur Mutt for celebrations marking 50 years of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s political journey.Vijayendra also claimed that Siddaramaiah is focused…
Bengaluru, April 25 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on Congress-led state government over the announcement of distribution of internal reservation, Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders hailing from Dalit and oppressed communities on Saturday held a press conference here, saying that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is a “master deceiver”. Opposition leaders, including former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MP Govind Karjol, Legislative Council Opposition Leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, for…
Bengaluru, April 24 (IANS) As a special Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is held to discuss internal reservation, the Karnataka BJP on Friday alleged that the government has created confusion instead of providing internal reservation to Dalits, thereby sowing seeds of discord and pushing communities into conflict.The BJP claimed that the people of the state will not forgive the government for this.Speaking to the media at the BJP state office, former Deputy Chief Minister a…
Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) Former Deputy Chief Minister and MP Govind Karjol on Thursday announced that a major event is being organised to celebrate the completion of five decades in public life by BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. He also announced that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the event and felicitate Yediyurappa on the occasion.Speaking at a press conference held at the BJP state office, “Jagannath Bhavan”, in Bengalur…
Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a protest near the Gandhi statue in Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, condemning Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement in which he referred to the Prime Minister as a “terrorist”. The protest was led by BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje, Leaders of Opposition in Assembly and Council, R. Ashoka, Chalavadhi Narayanaswamy, respectively, and other prominent …
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party state president and Member of Legislative Assembly B.Y. Vijayendra alleged that it was the Bharatiya Janata Party that gave due respect to the Constitution architect B.R. Ambedkar after Independence, while accusing the Congress of having insulted Babasaheb. He was speaking after inaugurating a lamp-lighting ceremony near the Ambedkar statue at Sunrise Circle in Gandhinagar, Bengaluru, on the occasion of B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.V…
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) BJP State President and MLA, B.Y. Vijayendra, on Monday said that the decision to provide 33 per cent reservation for women is a historic moment that deserves to be recorded in golden letters, and described it as a result of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong will.Speaking after watching the live telecast of the Nari Shakti Vandan Sammelan held in New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Modi and other dignitaries, Vijayendra said that the Prime Minister has un…
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced a series of programmes across the state from April 13 to 20 to mark the birth anniversary of Constitution architect Bharat Ratna B. R. Ambedkar. Speaking to the media at the BJP state headquarters “Jagannath Bhavan” in Bengaluru on Monday, former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MP Govind Karjol said the party has issued instructions to organise Ambedkar Jayanti events in all districts and taluks across…