Supporters of senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah celebrate outside his residence, in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Ending days of uncertainty and speculation, the Congress is all set to name Siddaramaiah as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka, according to high-level Congress sources. Karnataka Congress chief, D.K.Shivakumar, who was insistent on getting … Read more
B.S. Yediyurappa | Photo Credit: File Photo “Siddaramaiah [Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly] will not fight the Assembly elections from Kolar. If he does, he will be defeated badly,” the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said in Belagavi on Monday. “Mr. Siddaramaiah will not fight the polls from Kolar. I am predicting the … Read more
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah, who has decided to contest the upcoming assembly election in Karnataka from Kolar segment, asserted on Saturday that he will surely win even if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were to campaign against him. The former Chief Minister has decided to shift his constituency from Badami … Read more
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Monday that a leader should be in a position to contest from anywhere, alluding to the speculation that he was set to contest from Kolar. His remarks came in the context of comments by the Opposition that he was scouting for a ‘’safe seat’’. ‘’He is a true … Read more
The BJP’s stock response to the Congress’s charges is to make counter-charges The BJP’s stock response to the Congress’s charges is to make counter-charges Congress’s ‘PayCM’ campaign was a big talking point in Karnataka last month, with posters of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s image superimposed on what resembled a QR code of PayTM pasted on … Read more
Ridiculing the Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, BJP State general secretary N. Ravikumar on Sunday wondered if it is really possible for him to unite the country when it has not been possible for him to unite his own party’s State top leaders Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar. Addressing a press conference in … Read more
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday challenged the BJP government in Karnataka to ban organisations like the SDPI, AIMIM, RSS, and Bajrang Dal, accusing them of disturbing peace in society, if it has “guts”. The Leader of Opposition in the state assembly also advised the government to do things that are necessary for the maintenance … Read more
A comment by Karnataka’s new home minister Araga Jnanendra that “the Congress was raping him” triggered a row with the main Opposition party pouncing on him for “trying to cover-up his failure to arrest the gang members who allegedly raped a 22-year-old student in Mysuru on Tuesday night. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, speaking to the … Read more
Former chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday declined government facilities that are extended to Cabinet-rank ministers in less than 24 hours after chief minister Basavaraj Bommai ordered the same to him. The government on Saturday ordered that the former chief minister be extended all facilities that are applicable to a cabinet-rank minister. These were supposed … Read more
The statement war in the Karnataka unit of the Congress over who should become the next CM if the Congress came to power continued on Wednesday too leaving the party state unit president DK Shivakumar upset, while ex-CM Siddaramaiah maintained silence. The legislature party leader (Siddaramaiah) will deal with MLAs issuing statements, Shivakumar said, expressing … Read more