Bangalore :KJP President B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday accused Speaker K G Bopaiah of succumbing to pressure from the ruling party and treating legislators who had come to him with their resignation letters like “primary school children.” “The Speaker is not staying in headquarters (Bangalore) due to fear that more BJP MLAs would come to him with their resignation letters. He […]

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 […]

Mangalore : Over 300 activists joined the Karnataka Janatha Party at the convention held by the party at Town Hall on Jan 30, Wednesday. Speaking after inaugurating the event, KJP State Secretary Ramachandra Baikampady said that today the state government is taking people in the wrong direction. He said that KJP founder B S Yeddyurappa […]

Bangalore : Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje, Public Works Minister C M Udasi and some MLAs loyal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa are likely to resign on Wednesday but the resignations may stop short of toppling the Jagadish Shettar government. In his third avowed attempt to dislodge the Shettar government, Yeddyurappa, unlike the previous two occasions (January […]

Bangalore : Ruling parties exploiting the budget in a poll year to boost electoral prospects is old hat. However, Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using budget-politics to corner the party’s former leader in the state, B.S. Yeddyurappa. Assembly elections are due in May and Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is determined to present a […]

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 […]

Puttur : Former CM DV Sadananda Gowda once again chose to target  Yeddyurappa, the State President of KJP. While speaking to reporters here on December 27, Thursday, Sadananda Gowda said Yeddyurappa’s KJP will collapse in the very near future and it would be a mirage to think that the KJP can bring the BJP government […]

Mangalore : The Dakshina Kannada district  committee of the Karnataka Janatha Party staged a protest in front  of the DC office in Mangalore on December 26, Wednesday  urging the state government to release funds under various welfare schemes. Addressing the protestors, Mariamma Thomas, KJP State Executive Committee Member said  as many as 57,780 beneficiaries of […]

Mangalore :   Former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said that the party would serve show cause notices to those MPs and MLAs who attended the Haveri Convention of the KJP. Speaking to reporters at the party office in Mangalore on December 16, Sunday, Sadananda Gowda said the party has formed five teams to […]

Sullia :  MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said the ensuing assembly elections are  a challenge to the BJP, and added the party  would come out victorious. Speaking at a party workers convention here on December 14, Friday, Nalin said  it was not Yeddyurappa who built the party in the state. It were the efforts put in […]