Mysore/Mysuru: In his first media briefing after being appointed as the new President of State BJP OBC Morcha Wing, senior BJP leader Raghu R. Kautilya, who is also former Chairman of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA), has thanked party veteran and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other National and State…
Srinivas Poojary appointed as Legislative Council Opposition Leader
December 26, 2023Bengaluru: Filling up the key posts vacancy in the State Legislature, the BJP top brass on Monday appointed former Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary as the Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council. The post was vacant for the past eight months and this is the third time that Poojary is occupying the post. He had earlier…
Mohan Yadav takes oath as CM of MP
December 13, 2023Bhopal: BJP’s Mohan Yadav took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (MP)in Bhopal this morning. The swearing-in event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda and the CMs of BJP-ruled States among others. The State also has two Dy. CMs — Rajendra Shukla and…
BJP leads in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
December 3, 2023Congress ahead in Telangana; results a crucial prelude to 2024 LS polls New Delhi: Five hours into the counting of votes for Assembly polls in four States this morning, the BJP is comfortably leading in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The Congress is ahead in Telangana, marking its sole consolation in this round of State…
R. Ashok chosen as Opposition Leader
November 18, 2023Bengaluru: Six months after the Assembly elections in Karnataka, the BJP on Friday named senior MLA R. Ashok as the Leader of the Opposition in the Congress-ruled State. The official announcement came after the BJP Legislature Party meeting at a private hotel here last evening. The party, which chose a Veerashaiva-Lingayat leader B.Y. Vijayendra, Shikaripur…
BJP Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru this evening
November 17, 2023Central Observers Nirmala Sitaraman and Dushyant Kumar Gautam call on BSY Bengaluru: With the BJP Legislature Party meeting scheduled to take place in the State Capital this evening, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, who is elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka and BJP National General Secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam arrived in Bengaluru this noon…
B.Y. Vijayendra is State BJP President
November 11, 2023Bengaluru: Ending the long wait and speculations, the BJP Central leadership on Friday appointed first-time MLA B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, as the new President of the State Unit of the party. BJP National President J.P. Nadda signed off on Vijayendra’s appointment, which comes six months after the party’s humiliating…
Rising son of a Karnataka politician
November 11, 2023B.Y. Vijayendra is BJP’s State President In Karnataka, BJP, which tasted power more by default, compromises and, of course, the sinister ‘Operation Kamala’ with B.S. Yediyurappa sworn-in four times as Chief Minister and later Basavaraj Bommai as the Chief Minister, lost power in the 2023 Assembly elections. The Congress was victorious with absolute majority of…
Former CM Sadananda Gowda quits ‘electoral politics’
November 9, 2023Hassan: In a surprise development, former Chief Minister and sitting BJP MP from Bengaluru North D.V. Sadananda Gowda announced to quit electoral politics yesterday. Speaking to media persons after inspecting drought-affected areas in the district as part of his party’s State-wide tour to study drought situation, Gowda said: “I have enjoyed maximum power with the…
S.T. Somashekar, Shivaram Hebbar, six other MLAs to join Congress?
November 3, 2023Bengaluru: Amidst ongoing speculation of a Congress leadership change in Karnataka, fuelled by a power struggle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and his Deputy, D.K. Shivakumar, the ruling Congress party is actively engaging with leaders from both the BJP and JD(S) as part of its preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This development underscores the…
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