Janardhana Reddy will reach his home district on 3 Oct after SC lifted ban on his entry to Ballari. This comes at a time when his main rival, Siddaramaiah, is facing graft charges.
Mining baron has returned to BJP fold after a year. Once a powerful cabinet minister, he continues to hold much sway over Ballari, one of Karnataka's most back backward regions.
Reddy, who floated a new party in December last year after fallout with the BJP, defeated his nearest rival, the Congress’s Iqbal Ansari, by a margin of 8,266 votes.
Mining baron and ex-BJP minister in Karnataka unveils his party's symbol, a football. Plans to contest not more than 50 seats in state polls later this year, but all 224 in 2028.
Humiliation by CBI despite BJP in power at state & Centre was last straw, he says. Reddy adds that he will contest from Gangavathi & that he will soon embark on state-wide tour.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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