Bengaluru, July 14 (IANS) Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Karnataka government over the incident of violence linked to the proposed Bidadi Township Project. He demanded that the FIRs registered against protesting farmers be withdrawn immediately and urged the government to scrap the project. He warned that if the government ignored his appeal, he would be forced to launch a satyagraha in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s …
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Bengaluru, July 1 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for Jal Shakti and Railways, V. Somanna, said on Wednesday that he remains a “disciplined soldier” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and would abide by any decision taken by the party’s high command, amid speculation over the appointment of the next Karnataka BJP President. After cross-voting by BJP MLAs in the recently concluded State Legislative Council election, strong rumours are being spread over replacement of State BJP President B.Y…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President late Pranab Mukherjee and an author recalled how her father had described the 2014 Lok Sabha election as a watershed moment in Indian politics, saying Narendra Modi became the country’s first directly elected Prime Minister in the true sense. She also said that PM Modi is not only the longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister of India but is, perhaps, one of the strongest leaders the country has seen since Ind…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) When the 2024 Lok Sabha election results were announced in June, naysayers rubbed their hands in glee; not because the mandate returned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the single largest party in the Lower House of Parliament, but that it ran short of an absolute majority by a few seats.When the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners, including Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP), again extended their suppo…
Bengaluru, June 9 (IANS) Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Tuesday stated that PM Narendra Modi becoming the longest continuously serving democratically elected Prime Minister after surpassing the record of Jawaharlal Nehru reflects both the strength and evolution of Indian democracy, while crediting his leadership for what he described as uncompromising protection of national interest and sustained public support.In a detailed reflection in an article in ‘The Times of India’, Deve Gowda …
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Responding to Congress criticism that the BJP’s reported decision not to consider former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s candidature for the Rajya Sabha amounted to an insult to the people of Karnataka, state unit BJP state president and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday strongly criticised AICC General Secretary and Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala and the grand old party over their remarks on alliance politics and the BJP-JD(S) arrangement, questioni…
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday said politics is like a game of chess, where no one reveals in advance which move they will make. “While playing a game of chess in politics, does anyone say in advance which piece they will move? No one does,” he told reporters at Vidhana Soudha while responding to media questions.Shivakumar made the remarks when asked about his close associate Vinay Karthik’s candidature in the Legislative Council elections and t…
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Karnataka BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said the party leadership has selected competent candidates for the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections, and the decision has brought satisfaction among party leaders and workers.Speaking to the media in the city on Monday, responding to a question on former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s name not being considered for the Rajya Sabha, Vijayendra said that Deve Gowda has strengthened Prime Minister Narendra Mod…
Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Monday hit out at Congress leaders over their remarks on the reported denial of a Rajya Sabha nomination to former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, and termed AICC General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala a “wasooliwala”.In a sharp statement, Kumaraswamy further targeted Randeep Singh Surjewala, accusing him of political hypocrisy and urging him to first “remember Congress’s pas…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, June 8 (IANS) Congress General Secretary and Karnataka In-Charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday criticised the BJP and JD(S) leadership over the reported denial of Rajya Sabha nomination to former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, calling the development politically “astonishing and eye-opening”.In a statement, Surjewala alleged that the BJP had chosen its state Vice President in charge of “District Building Construction”, M. Nagaraja, over the former Prime Minister…