Bengaluru: After failing to achieve the magic figure of 111, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY), in a dramatic move, resigned before the Supreme Court-ordered trust motion on the floor of the Assembly a little after 4 pm yesterday. Yeddyurappa and other BJP leaders who, until yesterday morning, exuded confidence of winning, was outsmarted by…
I will not die for power, I will die for my people: Yeddyurappa
May 20, 2018Bengaluru: Taking a potshot at Congress-JD(S) CM candidate, H.D. Kumaraswamy, without naming him, Yeddyurappa yesterday recalled that some leaders had said during the campaign that they would die if they were not elected to power. “But I will not die for power, I will die for my people, because they are the masters in a…
Plus 112, minus 112; It’s all about number game!
May 19, 2018Mysuru: “Poaching” and “horse-trading” are two terms that have haunted Congress and JD(S) ever since the results came out for the Karnataka Assembly election. Both the parties have been busy in the past three days moving its Legislators from resort to resort in order to keep them out of BJP’s reach. “MLA shopping”, “resort politics”,…
Gods, Resorts & President’s Rule ?
May 19, 2018We are blessed to have such benevolent leaders who are fighting so hard to get an opportunity to serve us! If you are not in this denial and have a sense of reality, then it is clear they are fighting to “rule” us, not serve us. They want to rule because a ruler takes what…
Karnataka political drama scene shifts to Hyderabad
May 18, 2018MLA G.T. Devegowda in discussion with other MLAs at a resort in Hyderabad this morning. Bengaluru / Hyderabad: The scene of the Karnataka political drama was shifted to Hyderabad with the arrival of the newly-elected Congress and JD(S) MLAs this morning just as the Supreme Court ordered a floor test for the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP…
No time to relax for Congress, JD(S) MLAs
May 18, 2018Bengaluru: With dramatic developments unfolding in Karnataka after the State threw up a fractured mandate, there has been no time to relax for Congress and JD(S) MLAs, who soon after the results had to travel to Bengaluru to be present at the CLP meeting next day, and the same evening were shifted to Eagleton Resort…
Moments after taking over as CM, Yeddy orders transfer of IPS Officers
May 18, 2018Bengaluru: In a series of transfers of officials in crucial posts, two top Police intelligence officials and the Additional Chief Secretary to former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, were replaced within hours after B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath as the Chief Minister. Senior Advocate Prabhuling K. Navadagi has been appointed the new Advocate General by the Governor following…
Yeddy takes oath as CM
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Amid protests by opposition parties, State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa took oath “in the name of God and farmers” as Karnataka Chief Minister this morning. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala. This is for the third time Yeddyurappa is becoming the CM. The first time was in 2007 and the second was…
SC refuses to stay BSY’s swearing-in
May 17, 2018To hear the case tomorrow SC Bench heard the case at 2.10 am in Court 6 New Delhi: In a rare early morning hearing, the Supreme Court (SC) decided not to stop BJP’s B.S. Yeddyurappa from being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka today. However, the Court said it wanted to see the letters…
Congress, JD(S) protest in front of Gandhiji Statue in Bengaluru
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: Even as State BJP Chief Yeddurappa was being sworn-in as Chief Minister at the Raj Bhavan here, the Congress and JD(S) MLAs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue near Vidhana Soudha. The MLAs were brought to the protest venue in special buses from their respective resorts. They shouted slogans against the…
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