Corruption allegations, quitting of BS Yeddyurappa and anti-incumbency have worked against BJP in the Karnataka Assembly polls as the party has managed to finish only third, behind Congress, which has returned to power in the state, and JD(S).
Today looks to be an important day in the world of politics for both BJP as well as Congress. Even as the Supreme Court will hear the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe report, vote counting for 224 constituencies in the state of Karnataka. Counting begins in an...
Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
After days of intense campaigning, Karnataka is voting in a high-stakes Assembly polls amidst elaborate security arrangements. The main players -- Congress, BJP, JD(S) and KJP -- were involved in massive campaigning for the last few days.
People of the state are tired of the misrule of the BJP and are looking for a stable and accountable government, says Congress leader Veerappa Moily, after casting his vote in the Karnataka Assembly elections.
Karnataka is the first major state to go to polls in the pre-election year. At 10 am the voter turnout stood at 12%. The Assembly elections would be a litmus test not just for the Congress, but also for the BJP, which no longer has its long-term poster boy BS ...
Centrestage | The BJP is on a downward spiral before Karnataka's Assembly elections. A part of it can be attributed to misgovernance, but the other part is because of the departure of former CM BS Yeddyurappa, who now realises that his new party KJP is in no f...
According to a pre-poll survey conducted ahead of the state assembly elections in Karnataka, Congress will return to power in the state. The estimated vote share for Congress according to the survey is somewhere between 117 and 120 seats to win the majority.
Pre-poll analysis suggests that BJP, which has lost it strongman BS Yeddyurappa, is likely to suffer a setback in Karnataka. Congress, as per the analysis, will come to power in the state. Yeddyurappa is likely to cause a dent to BJP although Congress may not ...
The political crisis in Karnataka continues to worry the BJP government. The Speaker, KG Bopaiah, has accepted the resignation of 13 MLAs in the State. If it comes to the question of numbers then Jagadish Shettar has nothing to worry as he would still have the...
The Budget session in the Karnataka Assembly begins today. In the meanwhile, rebel leader and Karnataka Janata Party convener, BS Yeddyurappa, announces that he will not disrupt the proceedings and will allow the CM Jagadish Shettar to present the budget. Shet...
Crisis refuse to die down for the Karnataka BJP as 13 BS Yeddyurappa loyalist MLAs have tendered their resignations to the Speaker. Even as the MLAs have decided to tender their resignations, BJP has filed a petition to the Speaker, asking him to disqualify th...
The founder of the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) Padmanabha Prasanna, expels former Karnataka Chief Minister and President of KJP, BS Yeddyurappa, from the party. Padmanabha Prasanna says that Yeddyurappa has no right to be the party president. He also says tha...
Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah will meet BS Yeddyurappa loyalists today after two BJP MLAs filed a petition against them for anti-party activities. Last week, 13 BJP MLAs submitted their resignation to the state Governor as the Speaker was not in town. Bopaiah s...
The political turmoil in Karnataka deepens as 12 MLAs are set to tender their resignation to the Assembly Speaker KG Bopaiah today. If the Speaker accepts their resignation, then the BJP government's future will be at stake. But a confident BJP plays down the ...
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa refuses to comment on the ongoing crisis inside the BJP because he says that he is 'not a part of the party anymore'. But talking about the resignation of the MLAs, he said that in politics it is only too 'common ...
Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah has finally spoken up about the ongoing political crisis in the state. According to him, he will review the resignations of the MLAs before taking a decision and will have to review the letters of resignation given by the 13 BJP ML...
Karnataka Chief Minister, Jagadish Shettar met newly elected BJP chief, Rajnath Singh in Delhi. According to speculations, this meeting was mainly to discuss the rising political tension in the state. But both the leaders denied these allegations. Shettar said...
The BJP in Karnataka has launched a counter-attack against revolting BS Yeddyurappa loyalists. According to sources, the party will file an official complaint with the Speaker, against the 13 MLAs who resigned last week citing anti-party activities. Karnataka ...
In Karnataka, the ruling BJP will seek immediate disqualification of the 13 rebel MLAs who handed their resignation to the party last week. Office bearers of the BJP will meet the Speaker at the Vidhana Soudha with their application, seeking removal of the dis...
After his meeting with BJP Chief Rajnath Singh, Karnataka Chief Minister said that everything is fine in the state's political environment. Jagadish Shetter said that his visit to Rajanath Singh was just to congratulate him on his new post and he is ready to f...
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar will meet BJP chief Rajnath Singh to discuss the worsening political environment in the state. Two ministers and 11 MLAs are set to submit their resignation today. The leaders are likely to discuss a solution to the br...
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is all set to meet BJP chief Rajnath Singh in Delhi to discuss the political crisis in the State. As MLAs loyal to former Chief Minister BS Yedyurappa decided to quit, the BJP government's survival is at stake. However...
As revolt by BS Yeddyurappa loyalist deepens, the BJP government in Karnataka is heading for a crisis. After 13 more MLAs resigned, Yeddyurappa camp claims that Shettar government has been reduced to a minority and they demand a floor test. Chief Minister Jaga...
BJP-led government in Karnataka was able to keep the crisis at bay so far as the Speaker was unavailable to accept the resignations of rebelling MLAs. However, with the return of the Speaker to the state, the crisis in Karnataka BJP has come to the fore again....
The Jagadish Shettar government in Karnataka has accused Governor HR Bhardwaj of being a Congress agent. Earlier, Bharadwaj had called upon Shettar to prove his majority in the wake of 13 ruling BJP MLAs announcing their decision to quit the House membership. ...
Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj today indicated that he might ask chief minister Jagadish Shettar to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly in the wake of 13 ruling BJP MLAs announcing their decision to quit the House membership. The MLAs resigned beca...
Karnataka governor HR Bharadwaj has summoned chief minister Jagadish Shettar and the speaker to discuss the ongoing crisis in the ruling party. The BJP enjoys a thin majority in Assembly after 13 more MLAs quit the party to join BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Jana...
The BJP State government in Karnataka is tottering. Two Ministers--Sobha Karandlaje and CM Udasi, both supporters of former CM BS Yeddyurappa -- have resigned from the Cabinet of Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar. At least 14 BJP MLAs have also resigned. BSY has ...
Karnataka witnesses high voltage drama as 13 MLAs, who are supporters of the former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, quit from the Jagadish Shettar-led BJP government. They have sent their resignation letters to the Governor, if accepted this would make the BJP ...
Ten BJP MLAs and five BJP MLCs are attending the meeting called by former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in Bangalore. Ready to pull the plug on the BJP government in Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa is likely to ask his loyalists to withdraw support from th...
A day after the ruling BJP government in Karnataka sacked 30 of his followers, former chief minister and Karnataka Janata Paksha (KJP) president BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday threatened to pull the plug, hinting that he was no longer interested in the Jagadish She...
The BJP leaders in Karnataka will meet to discuss the threat of BS Yeddyurappa on the stability of the party in the State. Several BJP leaders have openly supported Yeddyurappa's party and were even spotted at the new party Karnataka Janata Party's (KJP) launc...
The BJP leaders in Karnataka will meet later today to discuss the threat of BS Yeddyurappa on the stability of the party in the State. Several BJP leaders have openly supported Yeddyurappa's party and were even spotted at the new party Karnataka Janata Party's...
With BS Yeddyurappa forming his own party and resigning from the BJP officially, the political spectrum in Karnataka is in the doldrums. While many from the BJP-led Jagadish Shettar government have openly supported Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party (KJP), s...
Achil Vandhavai | Firebrand poet and freedom fighter Subramanya Bharathi would have turned 130 today. His writings are still relevant and so eloquent that contemporary poets still take inspiration from him. Also discussed, Yeddyurappa's political foray and the...
Achil Vandhavai | The iconic elephant tusks were removed and in place a gigantic 'two leaves' symbol and a bronze winged horse Pegasus were installed. Was this makeover necessary? Also discussed, BS Yeddyurappa's fresh political innings.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, officially launched the Karnataka Janata Party at a massive political rally at Haveri in North Karnataka today. Yeddyurappa has earlier resigned from the BJP on November 30, saying that he was not accorded the re...
After breaking away from the BJP fold on November 30, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who helped bring the BJP to power for for the first time in South India, will officially launch the Karnataka Janata Party at a massive political rally at Hav...
As former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is set to formally launch his Karnataka Janata Party after severing ties from BJP, the right-wing party is cracking the whip on his loyalists. The BJP has already suspended BSY loyalists and have said it will t...
Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa will have his Karnataka Janata Party launch rally on Sunday, December 9. Yeddyurappa, who quit from BJP on November 30, is said to have the support of seven sitting Karnataka ministers and about 30 MLAs who joined...
Centre Stage | Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa ended his 40-year-long relationship with the party today. He formally resigned from the party and faxed the letter to BJP President Nitin Gakdari. Yeddyurappa, who is set to float his own political ...
Newshour | Ending a tumultuous 40 year association with the BJP, BS Yeddyurappa tenders his resignation finally. Once the face of the party down South, Yeddyurappa now calls it quits and has plans to start his own party. The Karnataka Janata Party will be offi...
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has ended his 40-year-long relationship with the party today. He has formally resigned from the party and faxed the letter to BJP President Nitin Gakdari. Yeddyurappa, who is set to float his own political party, ...
Tendering his resignation to the BJP, former Karnataka CM, BS Yeddyurappa says that several leaders in the party conspired against him and snatched away his Chief Ministership. He also asked his supporters in the BJP to not quit the party until the elections a...
Ending his forty years association with the BJP, former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa tenders his resignation. He says that he was forced to leave the party due to vested interests of other people. He also says that he has requested his supporters to not quit th...
Former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa reaches the Freedom Park in Banglore. From here, his supporters and the leader himself will walk to the Vidhan Soudha where he will tender his resignation.
Once the face of BJP in the South, BS Yeddyurappa, sends his resignation to the party. Yeddyurappa and his followers are undertaking a march to the Vidhan Soudha. The resignation has been sent to party president Nitin Gadkari.
BS Yeddyurappa, the man credited with bringing the BJP to power in Karnataka, has quits from the party. Yeddyurappa was forced to resign over allegations of corruption that were being heard in the Supreme Court. Since then he was kept away from the CM's post. ...
BS Yeddyurappa ends his forty years association with the BJP and tenders his resignation. He says that he was forced to leave the party due to vested interests of other people. He also says that he has requested his supporters to not quit the Jagadish Shettar ...
The 70-year-old Lingayat leader and once the face of BJP in the south, BS Yeddyurappa, will resign from the party as well as give up his MLA post tomorrow officially. He is all set to float his own party Karnataka Janata Party on December 9. Yeddyurappa had ea...
BS Yeddyurappa is all set to quit the BJP officially on November 30. He will give up his MLA post and also float his own party Karnataka Janata Party on December 9. Yeddyurappa also said that it was because BJP betrayed him that he wants to start his own party...
Once the face of BJP in South, BS Yeddyurappa is all set to quit the party officially on November 30. He will resign from the party and also give up his MLA post. He is also all set to float his own party Karnataka Janata Party, on December 9. The party will h...
As BS Yeddyurappa's date to float a new regional party comes closer, the BJP scrambles to make one last attempt to stop the former Karnataka chief minister from breaking away. While BSY sticks to his guns about floating KJP, the BJP talks tough about BSY sympa...
Launching a scathing attack on rebel leader BS Yeddyurappa, BJP's Venkaiah Naidu stated that it was because of Yeddy that the BJP could not win in Karnataka. He also criticized Yeddy for slamming LK Advani during his earlier speeches.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader from the south, BS Yeddyurappa refused to comment on the ongoing Gadkari issue. He said it was too early to say anything but maintained he will have support no matter where he went. Does his carefree attitu...
Former BJP chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is all set to step on the gas in his declared move to break from the BJP and launch his new party by December 10. The firebrand ex-CM and man behind BJP coming to power in Karnataka, is hosting a grand lunch party in Ba...
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is likely to officially quit the BJP on December 9. The leader has formally announced the day of his break-up with the BJP. Yeddyurappa is expected to launch a new party called the Karnataka Janata Party soon. The...
A special Lokayukta court in Bangalore has ordered a probe against three former Karnataka Chief Minister including HD Deve Gowda, BS Yeddyurappa and SM Krishna. Certain irregularities allegedly took place in the acquisition of farmers' land for a project that ...
Karnataka Lokayukta orders probe into alleged irregularities in the acquisition of farmer's land for Bangalore-Mysore Expressway. The Lokayukta police is set to probe against External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa ...
A very disgruntled BS Yeddyurappa announces his decision to quit BJP and form a new party on his own. He said he will not patch up with the party and that he will tender his resignation from the State Assembly anytime before December 10.
A disgruntled BS Yeddyurappa has claimed that he is no longer part of BJP. He has said that he would announce his own party before December 10. Yeddyurappa has been unhappy with the party leadership as the BJP top brass failed to offer him the post that he has...
The BJP is facing a huge crisis in the state of Karnataka. Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has done another U-turn, claiming that he does not want to rock the boat at the moment, but will give the BJP time till December to make up its mind. Yeddyurappa la...
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has decided to finally part ways with the BJP. In Chikamagalur, BSY said the path for any further discussion with the central leadership had been closed, and that he would be forming a new party in December.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has refused to meet senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley who has reached Bangalore to discuss the political scenario in Karnataka. Instead, he has chosen to visit Shimoga where he will be attending a programme. Yeddyura...
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa accuses party's National President Nitin Gadkari for failing to deliver the promise of making him the state president. He praises the Congress leadership, which has never let down their leaders with...
More than 1200 delegates have descended at the national executive meeting of the BJP at Surajkund, Haryana. The meeting could see Nitin Gadkari re-elected as the national president, with Rajnath Singh slated to be pushed into the electoral arena. BS Yeddyurapp...
BJP leaders in Bengaluru court arrest and express solidarity with the Bharat Bandh. BS Yeddyurappa, former CM, carries out a protest on the roads of Bengaluru and courts arrest. Gopinath Munde has also been detained by the police for protesting.
The BJP attempts to get its house in order as BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagdish Shettar is sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in the presence of the Governor HR Bhardwaj. Former Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda's supporters were seen protesting outside Jag...
Supporters of Sadanand Gowda have taken to the streets in Bangalore as the Chief Minister heads to the Raj Bhavan to put in his resignation. It's been one headache after the other for the BJP in Karnataka ever since former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa decided...
BJP Leader Sadanand Gowda's supporters protested against their leader's forced resignation, which was handed in at the Raj Bhavan today. When the police attempted to control the crowd, a fight broke out between the former Chief Minister's supporters and the au...
Karnataka political crisis deepens even after Sadananda Gowda recommends Jagdish Shettar's name as Chief Minister. Gowda in a last minute turn has placed a set of demands which include making him the Karnataka party president of BJP.
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda refuses to relinquish his post unless he is assured the position of the state BJP President. Former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa, emboldened by Jagdish Shettar's nomination for CM, has also demanded the state top post alo...
The BJP Legislature party meeting to elect Jagdish Shettar as the new Chief Minister was to start at 11 AM. But to the surprise of many ex-CM Sadananda Gowda, hitherto considered a loner, has got support from a group of MLAs, and is not doing what Yeddyurappa ...
Just when it seems that it's all said and done in the Karnataka BJP crisis, the headache for the top brass at the Centre gets worse. Vokkaliga leader Sadanand Gowda digs in his heels and combats BS Yeddyurappa's demands with some of his own. Gowda states that ...
Jagdish Shetter will be elected the new Chief Minister at the BJP's legislative party meeting in Bangalore. The focus now is at level ex-CM Sadananda Gowda will be accommodated. Will there be two deputy CM's for the state?
Replacing former Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda with loyalist Jagdish Shettar has not quelled Karnataka BJP leader BS Yedyurappa. Consultations are on for the creation of a Deputy Chief Minister post, allocation of cabinet berths and other key ministries in the...
Following Sadananda Gowda's stepping down as Karnataka Chief Minister, his loyalists are now lobbying for an important position for him in the Karnataka BJP. They are set to press for him as Karnataka BJP President.
Buckling under BS Yeddyurappa's pressure, BJP decides to replace Sadananda Gowda with Jagdish Shettar as Chief Minister of Karnataka. The decision was taken at the BJP core group meeting.
BJP President Nitin Gadkari holds a late night meeting with LK Advani and meets Sushma Swaraj at her residence in a bid to resolve the conflict tearing the Karnataka BJP apart. A resolution could be in sight in the next two-three days. LK Advani believes that ...
We have found a solution to the issues plaguing the BJP in Karnataka, says BJP's central emissary Dharmendra Pratap in Delhi. Standing by his side were Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, CM aspirant Jagdish Shettar and state BJP chief Eshwarappa. But there is cur...
BJP's disgruntled ministers in Karnataka, loyalists of BS Yeddyurappa, have withdrawn their resignation, saying they they have been assured by Arun Jaitely of some sort of action. But how long will this truce last? The rebel ministers have given the BJP high c...
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda takes back all the resignation letters filed by the ministers in his state cabinet and decides to toe the line set by the party high command. Loyalists of former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa, who had decided to quit the part...
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's supporters withdrew their resignations after senior party leader Arun Jaitley assured the rebel group that the crisis in the state would be resolved soon.
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda is set to meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to discuss the troubles caused by the Yeddyurappa loyalists in the state. BS Yeddyurappa has already set an ultimatum for the removal of Sadananda Gowda on July 5 and replace h...
Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda is set to meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to discuss the troubles caused by the Yeddyurappa loyalists in the state. BS Yeddyurappa has already set an ultimatum for the removal of Sadananda Gowda on July 5 and replace h...
There are indications that the BS Yeddyurappa loyalists plan to cross-vote in the Presidential polls. Yeddyurappa is reportedly plotting a major coup on Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. Cross-voting, if it ever happens, will be a huge embarrassment fo...
There are indications that the BS Yeddyurappa loyalists plan to cross-vote in the Presidential polls. Yeddyurappa is reportedly plotting a major coup on Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. Cross-voting, if it ever happens, will be a huge embarrassment fo...
BJP is leaving no stone unturned to save the Karnataka cabinet. The Party to brass has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to Delhi. Sadananda Gowda is expected to meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to discuss troubles caused after nine BS Yeddyura...
A day after kick-starting his Presidential campaign in Tamil Nadu, UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is set to campaign in Bangalore. Estranged senior BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has been speaking highly of Pranab, s...
BJP is leaving no stone unturned to save the Karnataka cabinet. The Party to brass has summoned Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to Delhi. Sadananda Gowda is expected to meet BJP president Nitin Gadkari to discuss troubles caused after nine BS Yeddyura...
Following the mass resignation of BSY loyalists, the BJP central leadership will review the situation in Karnataka next week. BS Yeddyurappa and his supporters have demanded that Sadananda Gowda be replaced with Jagadish Shettar.
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sadananda Gowda, will meet the Governor HR Bharadwaj, to update him about the latest crisis in the State. Nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly earlier resigned following CM Sadananda Gowda's refusal to step down. The ni...
Nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly resign following CM Sadananda Gowda's refusal to step down. The nine Ministers are BS Yeddyurappa's supporters and they have also demanded that Jagadish Shettar be made the Chief Minister.
Following the resignations of nine BJP Ministers in the Karnataka Assembly, CM Sadananda Gowda's refuses to take any action and waits for a word from the BJP high command. The nine Ministers are BS Yeddyurappa's supporters and they have also demanded that Jaga...