Davanagere, April 6 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi said that family politics has become dominant in the Davanagere South constituency and warned that it could destroy democracy. He expressed confidence that voters, who are now questioning why a single family should be given preference, will vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this election.Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, he said that when the grandfather (Cong…
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Davanagere, April 2 (IANS) Responding to charges of encouraging family politics while selecting candidates for by-elections, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar questioned whether there is no family politics in the BJP and JD(S). Responding to media queries in Davanagere on Thursday, when asked about the BJP’s allegation that a single family dominates politics in Davanagere, he said, “Shivashankarappa and his son have been in politics for many years. This exists in all parties.”It can be…
Davanagere (Karnataka), March 31 (IANS) Responding to Minister for Waqf and Housing, Zameer Ahmad Khan’s alleged reluctance to campaign in Davanagere, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President, D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday stated, “The party does not run on one individual. It does not run on D.K. Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah, or Zameer Ahmad Khan. It runs on ideology and workers. We have been working consistently for elections.”He made the statement in Davanagere city after arriving for cam…
Bengaluru, March 27 (IANS) Following the withdrawal of Sadiq Pylwan, who had filed his nomination as an independent candidate for the Davanagere by-election, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence that the Congress will win the bypolls in both Davanagere and Bagalkot. He was speaking at a press conference held at the Congress office on Queen’s Road on Friday. Sadiq had filed his nomination as an independent candidate for the Davanagere South seat, opposing the candida…
Bengaluru, March 20 (IANS) The rift within the ruling Congress deepened on Friday after party ticket aspirant Samarth Shamanur filed his nomination for the Davanagere South Assembly constituency, even as the party is yet to officially announce its candidate.Amid the ongoing uncertainty, the move by the influential Shamanur family has taken party leaders by surprise. Samarth is the grandson of late Shamanur Shivashankarappa, a veteran Congress leader who represented the seat.It may be noted that …
Bengaluru, Feb 18 (IANS) Amid the leadership tussle in the Karnataka Congress, a batch of Congress legislators, including MLAs and MLCs, left for a foreign trip in the early hours of Wednesday from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. However, the leaders denied any political motive behind the visit and maintained that the trip was purely personal.The development has fuelled speculation over an intensifying leadership tussle in the Karnataka Congress. The legislators, considered to be …
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…