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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicBJP Karnataka

Topic: BJP Karnataka

BJP MLAs claim Yediyurappa was blackmailed, rebel against latest Karnataka cabinet expansion

Days after cabinet expansion, about a dozen MLAs claim Yediyurappa was 'blackmailed with a sleazy CD'. Karnataka CM says rebel MLAs can take issue up with BJP high command.

With ‘rebels’ & loyalists in cabinet, Yediyurappa cements his place, quells dissent in BJP

BJP leaders say B.S. Yediyurappa was anyway safe as the chief minister as the party has no other leader of his stature as of now in the state.

‘No question of replacing him’ — BJP insists Yediyurappa will stay, dismisses ‘rumblings’

Speculation has been rife in Karnataka about the BJP high command working on a succession plan but central party leaders say Yediyurappa will see out his term.

JD(S) here to stay, will come to power on its own in 2023 — Deve Gowda on merger rumours

There has been speculation about a merger with BJP, with Kumaraswamy meeting Yediyurappa personally JD(S)' alleged softening towards the ruling party.

JD(S) is not stupid, merging with BJP would be suicide, says former Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy 

H.D. Kumaraswamy tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview that he's aware of more party leaders looking to join BJP, says confident JD(S) will win back lost bypoll seats in 2023. 

Cleaner, greener, well-connected — Yediyurappa’s grand plan under Bengaluru Mission 2022

Ahead of local civic body polls, Karnataka CM B.S. Yeddyurappa has released a blueprint for Bengaluru Mission 2022 that promises faster completion of Namma Metro and much more.

Karnataka’s anti-cow slaughter bill stalled after ruckus in Upper House over chairman’s ouster

BJP's attempts to place deputy chairman Dharmegowda of the JD(S) in the chair was stopped by Congress MLCs who manhandled and removed him.   

BJP again stalls Yediyurappa’s plans to induct ‘rebels’, cabinet expansion delayed

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, looking to expand his cabinet since January, has now been told to carry out the exercise after panchayat polls on 30 December.  

Karnataka govt will promulgate anti-cow slaughter ordinance, says CM Yediyurappa

The CM also expressed reservations about the legislative council's Chairman K Pratapachandra Shetty's decision to adjourn sine die ‘abruptly’.

Appeasement politics, not Hindu sentiments, important for Congress — BJP on beef ban protest

The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020 was passed by voice vote in the house on Wednesday amid protests by the Opposition Congress and JD(S).

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

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.