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While BJP has been able to break this cycle in most of the other states, why has it failed in Karnataka? This is the question that the national leadership of BJP.
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Post Congress win in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023, a video of the incident of "excited" Congress supporters shouting pro-Pakistan and anti-national slogans went viral.
While addressing the press conference BJP's national general secretary Arun Singh said, "52 new faces, eight women, nine doctors, five lawyers, one retired IPS officer, three retired government employees and eight social activists have been given tickets.
This incident took place a day after Mallikarjun attended an event in which Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was also present.
In Karnataka, 16 Congress and JD(S) MLAs formally joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bengaluru today. State Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa and State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel were present on the occasion.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to announce its verdict tomorrow on the pleas of 17 disqualified Congress-JD (S) MLAs of Karnataka challenging the orders of the then Assembly Speaker K. R. Ramesh Kumar to disqualify them.
After the big constitutional victory of the BJP and collapse of the Congress-JD(S), the government of B. S. Yediyurappa sailed through the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly today as the majority mark slid to 105.
After the collapse of coalition Government in Karnataka yesterday after the trust vote, BJP is likely to hold its legislative party meeting today to elect its leader.
The Supreme Court today morning refused to hear the pleas of two Independent MLAs who withdrew support to the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka.
Karnataka political crisis is now taking too much time to resolve as the coalition government of Congress-JDS got two more days to prove majority on the floor of the Assembly as Speaker adjourn the house till Monday.
Giving another blow to already weak Karnataka government, Karnataka Minister R Shankar, who had recently joined the Congress party, on Monday resigned from the state cabinet and offered his support to the BJP. Earlier, R Shankar had joined the Congress and became a minister.
Dubbing Congress- JD(S) coalition as a 'Mazboor' government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that people Karnataka are paying a heavy price because of indecisive state government.
Questioning Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s alleged new year celebrations at Singapore, former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said that Kumaraswamy’s action has exposed the hypocrisy of the ruling party.
Veteran Kannada actor and former Union Minister Ambareesh on Saturday passed away due to multiple ailments. The 66- year actor turned politician was away from public life due to prolonged illness. He leaves behind multi-lingual actress Sumalatha and son Abhishek.
Days after Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s alleged remarks on farmers, BJP today staged a massive protest against the Congress-JD(S) coalition government.
Karnataka police on Monday booked journalist Santhosh Thammaiah for his alleged remarks on Tipu Sultan. He was arrested from his residence in Tumakuru and later released on a bail.
Congress-JD(S) coalition today swept the prestigious Karnataka By-polls and bagged 4 out of 5 seats.
Ahead of the crucial Karnataka by-elections, principal opposition party BJP has received a massive jolt in the form of Ramanagara assembly candidate L Chandrashekhar.
Recognizing the contribution of former Prime Minister and JD(S) National Chief HD Deve Gowda towards the welfare of weaker section of the society, HD Kumaraswamy led Congress- JD(S) has decided to accord with the prestigious Maharishi Valmiki Award for 2018-19.
Expressing Confidence over the performance of Congress- JD(S) alliance in upcoming by-polls in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said that the results will pave the way for BJP’s ouster in 2019.
Refuting the reports of mass defection by Congress and JD(S) lawmakers, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the coalition government is not under any kind of threat.
In order to placate the ongoing protest on the issue of separate north Karnataka state, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy might revisit his 12-year old proposal of Belagavi as the second capital of the state.
Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today defended the move of fuel price hike by Karnataka government.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy assured that appropriate steps will be taken to keep the promise of loan waiver. Speaking to the media, after visiting Adichunchanagiri Mutt, Kumaraswamy informed that state government is working on the plan of loan waiver and provision with the specific quantum of farm loan waiver would be made in the forthcoming budget.
Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru saw another string of floor test which cited the Congress-JD(S) coalition an out and out win. All the BJP MLAs staged a walkout after BS Yeddyurappa challenged Kumaraswamy to waive farmer loans by Monday. He added that the party would stage a statewide protest if CM Kumaraswamy did not deliver on this promise.
Ahead of the crucial floor test in Karnataka assembly, political parties are gearing up for the much-anticipated election for the post of speaker. Senior BJP leader and four-time MLA S Suresh Kumar will be the official candidate of BJP. The former minister had already helmed the responsibility of speaker during 1994-99. Senior Congress leader and Srinivaspur Lawmaker K R Ramesh Kumar will represent JD(S)-Congress alliance.
State after State the party kept winning and forming the governments some on its own and others with the alliance parties. Karnataka is the latest example of its victorious march towards ‘Congress-Mukt Bharat’.
Refuting all the speculative media reports, Janata Dal (Secular) Chief H D Deve Gowda cleared that his party is not going to team up with Congress. Speaking to the media, the former Prime Minister stated that JD(S) has already joined hands with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party.
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has said that national parties like BJP and Congress have miserably failed to address the important issues faced by the people of Karnataka.
