Bagalkot (Karnataka), April 7 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former minister B. Sriramulu has said that people have decided to uproot the Congress party from Karnataka and that it will be wiped out in 2028. He expressed confidence that BJP candidates will win in the Bagalkot and Davanagere bye-elections.Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, he said that people have already made up their minds to ensure BJP’s victory in both bypolls and should not miss this opportunity. He alleged that if Congre…
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Chitradurga (Karnataka), March 31 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition, R. Ashoka, alleged on Tuesday that the Karnataka government is all set to impose taxes after the bypolls. He said that if voters teach a lesson to the ruling party in the state, it may hesitate to hike taxes.He made the statement while speaking to the media in Chitradurga on Tuesday.Responding to allegations by the Congress about price rises under the BJP-led Central government, LoP Ashoka said that the Cent…
Bengaluru, March 25 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, alleging that the state has been pushed into a cycle of borrowing to repay existing debt and terming the 2026–27 Budget a “credit Budget”.Speaking in the Assembly during the Budget discussion, Ashoka said that despite studying the Budget in detail, he found it heavily reliant on loans. He claimed that the government had borrowed Rs 1.32 lakh crore, of which Rs …
Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and senior BJP leader R. Ashoka on Friday criticised the State Budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, alleging that it imposes a massive debt burden on the people of the state while offering little in terms of real development.Speaking to reporters, Ashoka said the Chief Minister has pushed Karnataka into unprecedented levels of debt.“Including this Budget, the Siddaramaiah government has accumul…
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) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Food H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday appealed to women not to be lured by the Rs 2,000 monthly assistance for woman heads under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme and urged them to give him five years, stating that the guarantees offered by the Congress-led government are not a permanent solution to their lives.He appealed to them not to fall victim to what he described as the Congress-led government’s deception.Speaking after inaugurating the …
Belagavi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP has objected to the Congress-led government’s decision to announce rehabilitation for encroachers in Bengaluru whose houses were earlier demolished, alleging that the move was taken after the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). The party also stated that it would take a call on agitation at the core committee meeting scheduled on January 5.Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra c…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday strongly criticised the Congress-led Karnataka government over the demolition controversy in Bengaluru’s Kogilu Layout, terming its decision to provide compensation and alternative accommodation to encroachers within two days as “appeasement at breakneck speed”.Addressing the media in Delhi, Joshi said farmers, crop-loss victims and people displaced by natural disasters in Ka…
Bengaluru, Dec 25 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday levelled serious allegations against the Karnataka government, accusing it of indulging in extortion under the pretext of issuing liquor shop licences to mobilise funds for its guarantee schemes and refill an emptied state treasury.Speaking to the media after paying tributes at the memorial of late Shamanur Shivashankarappa in Davangere, the Union Minister said the state government had fixed the l…
Bengaluru, Dec 24 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP on Wednesday alleged that the drug menace is rampant in the state and accused the Congress government of failing to curb organised crime and lawlessness.Addressing a press conference, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka claimed that drug mafias were operating openly in Karnataka, forcing police teams from other states to come and make arrests.“When I raise the issue of drugs, the Home Minister talks about what is happening elsewhere in the country. The…