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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Topic: BJP Karnataka

‘Feels good to be back home’ — G Janardhana Reddy merges his KRPP with BJP in Karnataka

The mining tycoon Monday said he would work to make Narendra Modi PM for a 3rd term. Reddy was state minister in previous Yediyurappa govt before he was jailed in an alleged mining scam.

Union minister Karandlaje faces EC rap for ‘creating enmity’ between Kannadigas & Tamilians

Union minister Shobha Karandlaje suggested Tuesday that those responsible for the blast at Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe on 1 March were ‘trained’ in Tamil Nadu.

Tejasvi Surya, other BJP leaders join Hanuman Chalisa protest over shop owner’s assault in Bengaluru

BJP workers & Hindutva groups claim attack was over playing of 'Hanuman Chalisa' during Azaan. But there is no mention of its recitation in complaint or FIR.

Pratap Simha, Nalin Kateel — why BJP’s Hindutva firebrands in Karnataka were denied LS tickets

Simha replaced by Mysuru royal scion Yaduveer Wadiyar, former Army officer Capt Brijesh Chowta fielded in place of Kateel. Party yet to decide fate of 6-time MP Anantkumar Hegde.

BJP fires ‘senile’ barb at Siddaramaiah for ‘avalu vs avaru’ faux pas in reference to President Murmu

Siddaramaiah made remark during speech in Chitradurga when he was attacking BJP for not inviting President Murmu to inauguration of new Parliament building & Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Siddaramaiah’s remark on lifting hijab ban sparks political row — ‘conspiracy to implement Sharia law’

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's remark about revoking the hijab ban in educational institutions has triggered a political row, with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Political matrimony: A Lingayat grand alliance is the latest in Karnataka’s power matches

Family of Congress veteran Shamanur Shivashankarappa & their marriages show how such alliances allow politicians to maintain leverage in a community within a caste, across sub-sects.

Yediyurappa confidant & Vokkaliga leader Ashoka named LoP as ex-CM regains full control of Karnataka BJP

Former deputy CM R. Ashoka's election comes week after Yediyurappa's son, B.Y. Vijayendra, was appointed BJP state unit chief. Post of opposition leader had lain vacant for 6 months.

Yediyurappa’s son Vijayendra formally takes charge as Karnataka BJP chief

Vijayendra, who had earlier served as the party’s state unit’s general secretary and vice-president, replaced Nalin Kumar Kateel.

‘Believed in anti-dynastic ideology’ — BJP leaders upset as Yediyurappa’s son made Karnataka chief

Though a few say Vijayendra’s elevation is need of the hour, an old timer asserts party's ideological roots are shaken. A BJP MLA says this decision has splintered party further.

On Camera

72% of Indians are in favour of military rule. Complicates ‘deepening of democracy’ theory

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

India deploys 11 submarines, a first in nearly three decades 

This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.