Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister and Lingayat strongman BS Yeddyurappa continues to tear apart the ruling BJP with thirteen of its rebel MLAs, who had resigned from the party, set to take oath for membership of his Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) on Thursday. The resignations of 12 BJP MLAs was on Wednesday accepted by the […]

Bangalore : Legislative Assembly Speaker K G Boapiah on Tuesday accepted the resignation letters of 12 BJP MLAs, who owe allegiance to B S Yeddyurappa, thereby reducing the strength of the ruling party in the House. The BJP government now has a wafer thin majority and can continue as long as it doesn’t lose two more MLAs or […]

Bangalore/New Delhi: Former Karnataka BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Monday changed his tune on toppling the Jagadish Shettar ministry, amid speculation that some BJP lawmakers were now hesitant to quit the Assembly and party after having announced last week they would do so. “Our intention is not to topple the (Shettar) government nor oppose budget […]

New Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh met Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar Monday morning and said that there is no threat to the present state government. Rajnath Singh’s assurance comes after an hour long meeting with Shettar early morning today. The meet comes in the wake of 13 MLAs loyal to BS […]

Bangalore: Eager to stall presentation of an election budget by the Jagadish Shettar Ministry, Karnataka Janatha Party of BS Yeddyurappa is holding its executive committee meeting here Friday to finalise ‘an action plan’ to bring down the first BJP government in the south. “We may not allow this government to present the budget. We will […]

Mangalore: The Karnataka Janatha Party (KJP) launched by former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa made its presence felt in the district by opening its office at Mahendra Arcade in Mangalore on December 17 in the presence of several leaders who have joined the party. Addressing the meeting, Jagadish Hiremani, KJP State Committee Member, said  several have […]

Belgaum : The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday put off action against 14 assembly and seven legislative council members for backing the new outfit, Karnataka Janata Party, floated by the party’s former leader BS Yeddyurappa. The state unit leaders on Wednesday decided to write to the party’s. central leadership “in a day or two” […]

Bangalore : A day after the launch of his new party in Haveri, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa got a much-needed reprieve: the CBI court granted him bail in an illegal mining kickback case. While imposing certain conditions, CBI judge MC Biradar on Monday granted bail to Yeddyurappa, his sons BY Raghavendra and B Vijayendra, […]

Haveri : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka teetered on the brink when B S Yeddyurappa, who led it to victory and became its first chief minister in May 2008, threatened to pull down the State government at a massive show of strength here on Sunday. The former chief minister drove the ruling party to […]

Haveri : Opening a new chapter in Karnataka politics, former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday formally launched Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) and took over as its President at a massive rally here in North Karnataka. In a potential sign of trouble for the BJP government in the state, at least 10 ruling party MLAs […]