Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS) Karnataka BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra announced that the party has decided to organise a protest in CM Siddaramaiah’s native district Mysuru to draw attention to the widespread drug network in the state.Speaking at a press conference at the BJP state office Jagannath Bhavan in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Vijayendra was responding to questions from the media.It may be noted that in July 2025, the Maharashtra Police, in a joint operation with the Mysuru City Poli…
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Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fact-finding committee formed in the backdrop of row surrounding demolition and rehabilitation of encroachers in Kogilu Layout region of Bengaluru by the Congress-led state government after the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in this matter. Speaking to the media after submitting a report to the State BJP President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra at …
Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday has taken up a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the demolition of residential structures near Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru that were built on government land. The petitioners, Jabia Tabassum and others, whose houses were demolished, claimed that around 3,000 people had been residing in the area for nearly 28 years and were rendered homeless following the demolition carried out by the Congress-led government in Wasim Layout a…
Bengaluru, Jan 5 (IANS) As the BJP unit is all set to stage a large-scale protest condemning the rehabilitation of encroachers whose residential structures were demolished at Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru, Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has alleged that leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were behind the attempted grab of prime government land at Kogilu Layout.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Monday, Minister Gowda, who represents the Byatarayanapura Assembly segment whe…
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP fact-finding committee on Saturday visited Fakir Colony and Wasim Layout near Kogilu Layout in Yelahanka, Bengaluru, where structures built on government land were demolished, to verify facts regarding the existence of houses and sheds in the area.Speaking to the media after the visit, BJP MLA S.R. Vishwanath said nearly 95 per cent of the houses and sheds that were demolished had been constructed over the past two years.Vishwanath further announced that…
Bengaluru, Jan 2 (IANS) The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has issued interim recommendations to the state government and the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) following the eviction of around 160-170 houses from government land at Kogilu Layout in Yelahanka taluk of Bengaluru city.The interim recommendations were issued by Commission President Sham Bhat and KSHRC member S.K. Ventigodi on December 30, and a copy of the order was released in the public domain on Friday.The Commis…
Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) Condemning the Congress-led government’s decision to allot houses to encroachers whose residential structures were demolished at Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru following intervention by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the Karnataka BJP on Thursday announced a protest on January 5 at Freedom Park in the state capital.Senior BJP MLA S.R. Vishwanath made the announcement while addressing the media at the party headquarters here. “On January 5, we will launch a major…
Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) Responding to allegations by BJP leaders that the Congress-led government in Karnataka is providing houses to Bangladeshi encroachers, Housing and Waqf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan on Thursday said there was no question of allotting houses to outsiders and challenged the opposition to prove that the affected persons were Bangladeshis.Speaking to the media in Bengaluru, Zameer Khan said: “All of them are locals. Even if outsiders had stayed there and lost their houses, we wi…
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 29 (IANS) After the intervention of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), the Congress-led Karnataka government, on Monday, announced alternative houses for those who lost shelter during the demolition drive carried out at the government land in Kogilu Layout in Bengaluru. Addressing a joint press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah along with State Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, made the announcement in Bengaluru after holding a high-level me…