Mangalore:  V. Dhananjaya Kumar was the first to open the Bharatiya Janata Party’s account in the Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency (erstwhile Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency) and held the seat for 13 years. Mr. Kumar also takes the credit for opening the BJP’s account in the erstwhile Mangalore Assembly constituency in 1983 by defeating P.F. […]

Bangalore : BJP leader L.K. Advani had taken money from erstwhile Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to allow him to remain in office after corruption scandals involving him surfaced, Yeddyurappa’s Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) alleged Monday. The BJP rubbished the allegations.   “I have documents and will release them at the appropriate time,” V. Dhananjaya […]

Bangalore : KJP candidates for the Assembly polls, whose names figured in the first list released recently by party president B S Yeddyurappa, turned “students” for a few hours on Monday. While V Dhananjaya Kumar sir (KJP campaign committee chairman) took the candidates through various nuances and formalities  of electoral politics, Shobha Karandlaje madam (former […]

Udupi : KJP leader and its Publicity Committee President  V Dhananjaya Kumar has said that there was no question of neither him nor his leader Yeddyurappa drifting towards the BJP again. Speaking to reporters here on March 22, Friday, Dhananjaya Kumar said  the party expects more leaders to join  it in the days to come. […]

Mangalore : Karnataka Janatha Party leader and former union minister V Dhananjaya Kumar has been highly critical of former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda who has said the KJP will be nowhere even before the BJP government witnesses a downfall. Speaking to reporters  in Mangalore recently, Dhananjaya Kumar predicted a fall of the Shettar led […]

Mangalore:   Yaksha Kalanidhi Award was conferred on veteran Yakshagana artiste Sampaje Sheenappa Rai at a function held  in the city on Sunday under the auspices of Academy of Tenkutittu Yakshagana. Speaking as a chief guest, V Dhananjaya Kumar, former MP, assured all possible assistance and co-operation towards popularizing and promoting Yakshagana through the Kendra Sahitya […]

Bangalore: He went to see Justice N.Santosh Hegde at Bangalore and Delhi recently, for some personal work, and not to persuade him to drop CM’s name from his final report on illegal mining wealth, clarified V.Dhananjaya Kumar, a former Union minister and Karnataka representative in Delhi. Kumar who admitted that he accompanied DR.V.S.Acharya and A.G.Kodgi […]