BSY to be BJP K’taka chief?
Is beleaguered former Karnataka chief minister, Mr B.S. Yeddyurappa, on a comeback trail as chief of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party?
Speculation is rife about his return after the leader met party president Nitin
Diwali in jail for Kanimozhi, Yeddyurappa, Amar goes home
Home at Diwali for one, behind bars for the others. Of the nine people, in jail for alleged involvement in corruption, only former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh got bail Monday while DMK MP Kanimo
BJP in damage control mode
After the arrest of G. Janardhan Reddy, one of the two Bellary brothers and former Karnataka minister in the erstwhile B.S. Yeddyurappa government, for his allegedly deep involvement in illegal mining activity, BJP president Nitin Gadkari is understood to have held parleys with the party’s Karnataka
Congress attacks BJP over Reddy's arrest; a conspiracy, says BJP
The arrest of former Karnataka minister G. Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case Monday provided the Congress with ammunition to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the links of some of
BJP says no to Yeddyurappa's choice for CM, defers exercise
Disagreement between the BJP Central leadership and the B S Yeddyurappa camp reached another level on Sunday with the party rejecting the latter's choice of Udupi MP Sadanand Gowda for the post of Kar
Defiant Yeddy in midnight struggle with BJP
Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa arrived in New Delhi in a defiant mood on Wednesday night on being summoned by the BJP high command after he was indicted and action recommended against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act by state Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde in his second report on illegal mining in Karnataka.
HDK levels ‘illegal’ land charge on Yeddy, kin
In an attempt to tarnish the image of top leaders of BJP with the same brush that he has repeatedly used against chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Janata Dal (S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused them of benefiting from unlawful accounts of a cement manufacturing firm allegedly acquired by members of the first family in Karnataka. “I want the reaction of BJP leaders’ on this. From Bangalore to Hyderabad to Delhi to Nagpur, every
BJP shows its MLAs to Prez, Gov hits back
The BJP on Tuesday demanded that President Pratibha Patil should recall Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj for recommending President’s Rule in the state. A delegation of top BJP leaders along with chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and 116 Karnataka MLAs met the President and submitted a memorandum against Mr Bhardwaj. Mr Yeddyurappa also claimed he has 121 MLAs supporting him and that he can prove his majority “anytime and anywhere”.
Yeddy will parade MLAs before President today
The BJP on Monday launched an all-out campaign demanding the immediate recall of Karnataka governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who on Sunday had sent a “special report” to the Centre recommending dismissal of the B.S. Yeddyurappa government and imposition of President’s Rule in the state.
11 rebel MLAs support Yeddyurappa; crisis blows over
Uncertainty over the survival of B.S. Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka ended on Sunday with 11 rebel BJP MLAs, whose disqualification from the Assembly was struck down by the Supreme Court, extending "unconditional support" to the chief minister.