Bangalore : BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday accepted the Karnataka unit’s suggestion that he extend a formal invitation to B S Yeddyurappa to return to the party. With this development, it is certain the Karnataka Janata Party leader, who angrily broke off from the BJP last year, will soon retrace his steps. “Rajnath Singh […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar today asserted there was no threat to his government in the wake of resignation by some BJP MLAs and he would be presenting his maiden budget on February eight. “There is no threat to the government. On February 8 I am going to present the budget. Nothing to […]

Bangalore: The much-publicised threat to topple the first BJP government in the south by the newly formed Karnataka Janata Party of B S Yeddyurappa turned out to be a damp squib as the maiden meeting of the former Chief Minister’s outfit on Friday postponed the deadline to January 15. Contrary to Yeddyurappa’s claims that his […]

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” […]

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 […]

Bangalore : Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) got its first glamour quotient on Friday with cine actor Pooja Gandhi joining the party after quitting the JD(S). Pooja Gandhi was to join the KJP at the December 9 Haveri convention, but decided to formally become inducted into the party on Friday.  Pooja […]

Bangalore : Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will be formally launching his new political outfit – Karnataka Janata Party – in Haveri on December 9. Ahead of the much-hyped political convention, in an interview with Deccan Herald on Thursday, Yeddyurappa gave insights into his four decades of association with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his support base, future […]

Bangalore: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is bracing for a split as former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will quit the party on Friday to launch his own outfit on Dec 9. The 69-year-old Yeddyurappa, credited with leading the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the state for the first time in May 2008, is […]

Harappanahalli: Remaining firm on floating his party, former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday said BJP was free to expel him any time. “I have not set any deadline for the party to act against me. Why wait, let them expel me tomorrow itself”, Yeddyurappa said when reporters sought his reaction over his […]