Mysuru: “Maintaining protocol is vital during launch of any development work,” asserted MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD). Speaking at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Devegowda said that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra had performed Guddali Puja for several development works at Kalalavadi, Koppalur, Ramabainagar, Linagambudipalya, Gopalapura and other places, coming under Srirampura…
Karnataka Housing Board scam raked up to cow down G.T. Devegowda, says Vishwanath
December 22, 2017Mysuru: Former MP A.H. Vishwanath has come out strongly against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah accusing him of using the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to target former Minister and Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda to fix him in the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) Scam and thereby dent his image. Addressing press persons at a private hotel this morning,…
‘You will be in jail permanently if I am jailed even for a day,’ GTD tells CM
December 21, 2017Mysuru: “I will take political retirement even if one farmer or a middleman says that G.T. Devegowda has accepted money from them,” said Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda, two days after the State Government handed over the alleged Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) scam to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The scam allegedly took place when G.T. Devegowda…
By George! Will GTD be Karnataka’s Giant Killer?
December 20, 2017Editor-in-Chief recalls… In 1967, I was in Bombay working as a journalist when the corruption of the Congress party was on the rise and anti-Congress sentiments had already set in. George Fernandes stood against Congress strongman S.K. Patil from South Bombay Constituency in the 1967 Parliamentary elections and we worked for George. I, along with…
Karnataka Housing Board scam back to haunt G.T. Devegowda ahead of Assembly polls
December 20, 2017Mysuru/ Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government’s move to restart probe into the case against Chamundeshwari JD(S) MLA and former Chairman of Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) G.T. Devegowda (GTD), his son G.D. Harish Gowda and others kicked off a political slugfest yesterday. The FIR comes at a time when GTD is set to lock horns with Chief…
If you send GTD to Jail, we will ensure he wins from there, HDK tells CM
December 20, 2017Bengaluru: JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) yesterday accused CM Siddharamaiah of threatening G.T. Devegowda, by “misusing” the ACB, “fearing defeat” in the Assembly polls. Addressing media persons in Bengaluru, he alleged that Siddharamaiah’s “personal surveys” had pointed at his defeat in Chamundeshwari. With an intention of “demoralising” Devegowda, who is all set to challenge…
GTD, AHV visit Prasad’s residence
October 13, 2017Mysuru: With Chief Minister Siddharamaiah announcing that he will contest from Chamundeshwari Constituency in the 2018 Assembly Polls, senior JD(S) leaders G.T Devegowda (GTD) and A.H. Vishwanath (AHV) visited the house of former Minister and State BJP Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad at Jayalakshmipuram here this morning. The two leaders held a closed door meeting with…
GTD, Vishwanath call on Sreenivasa Prasad to discuss poll strategy
October 8, 2017Mysuru: Even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is getting ready to contest from Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency, JD(S) leaders A.H. Vishwanath and G.T. Devegowda(GTD) met BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad at the latter’s Jayalakshmipuram residence here yesterday to discuss poll strategy for taking on CM Siddharamaiah who has declared that he would contest from Chamundeshwari. The meeting…
Chamundeshwari to witness high-voltage political battle in 2018
August 31, 2017Mysuru: Performing Bhoomi Puja to a slew of development projects in Mysuru yesterday, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah gave enough hints that he would contest the next Assembly elections from Chamundeshwari constituency. “Me and G.T. Devegowda were close associates once and we are still good friends. Don’t be surprised if we contest against each other from Chamundeshwari…
Former UoM VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa, ex-KPSC Member Prof. H. Govindaiah join JD(S)
July 11, 2017Mysuru: Prof. K.S. Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore (UoM) and Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), joined JD(S) in the presence of JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and the party’s State Unit Chief H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) at an induction programme held at Sa.Ra. Convention Hall in Dattagalli yesterday. Along with Prof. Rangappa, former KPSC…
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