D V Sadananda Gowda is all set to assume charge as new Karnataka chief minister on Thursday even as there was disquiet in the rival camp which lost out in the bitterly fought secret ballot.
On Wednesday, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh were in Bengaluru to oversee a special secret ballot election process within BJP MLAs from Karnataka to choose the next chief minister. The two candidates were D V Sadananda Gowda and Jagdish Shettar.
Karnataka's Chief Minister-designate D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday promised to give "pro-development and people-friendly" government as he sought to reach out to the rival camp in ruling Bharatiya Janata Party by saying he would seek to unite and take everybody into confidence.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday tried to put a brave front about the political muscle-flexing by former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is trying to appoint his preferred candidate as his successor. The party leadership believes Yeddyurappa's clout has dipped after he was forced to resign on Sunday.
Sadananda Gowda resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday and Jagadish Shettar met Governor H R Bhardwaj at Raj Bhavan to stake his claim to form the new government. Shettar will be sworn in as the new Karnataka CM on Thursday. However, the crisis is not yet over for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
The last time he was in contention to become the chief minister of Karnataka, Jagadish Shettar through his office had even sent a couple of his portfolio shots to newspaper offices thinking that it may be used when he takes over the coveted post. Sadly that was not to be for him.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has paved the way for the appointment of Jagadish Shettar as the next chief minister of Karnataka. BJP leader L K Advani who had reservations about the appointment of Shettar appears to have given in to the demands made by former Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa and his camp.
Time may be running out for Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda. According to sources, the Bharatiya Janata Party's top leadership has indicated that there might be a change of guard at the Centre.
Anand Asnotikar, an MLA in the Gowda camp, has threatened to pull down the government if the chief minister is changed as demanded by the Yeddyurappa-led faction.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka appears to be readying itself for a big fight, and this time it is over the Bhagavad Gita. A statement by Karnataka Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda, in which he said that the government was considering introducing the Gita in primary and secondary standards in school has drawn appreciation as well as flak in the state. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Karnataka Government on Tuesday said it was aiming to complete the Phase-I of the metro rail project in the city by December next year and has begun talks with Centre for taking up the second phase of the mass rapid transport system to ease traffic congestion in the IT capital.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has entered rebel mode again. He is holed up with 30 loyal MLAs in a bid to pressurise the Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership to make him the chief minister again.
With Nithyananda filing a petition in Karnataka high court claiming Rs 10 crore from the state for alleged damage caused to his ashram property, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Friday said he would not mind going to jail to safeguard the interests of the people.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday indicated its central leadership was in no hurry to reinstate B S Yeddyurappa as chief minister of Karnataka even as his successor D V Sadananda Gowda said he would remain in the top post till the next assembly elections.
As Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda prepares to face an acid test in the Karnataka legislative assembly on Thursday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs have been locked up at the posh Golden Palms resort in the outskirts of Bangalore.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa finally walked free after spending 23 days in jail on Tuesday. His legal team completed all the formalities and also got the release order copy signed by the special Lokayukta judge who is originally seized off this matter.
There is a lot of politics that is taking place in Karnataka over the worsening drought situation this year. The very fact that Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda has demanded a relief fund of Rs 2,200 crore from the Union government for drought relief work itself is an indication that the situation is grim. In addition to this there is also the added headache of the infamous Cauvery water dispute.
Even as former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa continues to play every card in the book to climb his way back to power, his arch rivals have planned on hosting a mammoth convention to facilitate Sadananda Gowda, the current chief minister of the state.
In Hubli on a mission of show of strength, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday made it clear that he would not ask the Bharatiya Janata Party high command for chief ministership and that he would not campaign for the March 18 Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll in the wake of the attack on him by chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Karnataka Higher Education Minister V S Acharya died in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Acharya, 71, collapsed after having a heart attack, while attending a function. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he was declared dead. He had not been keeping well for some time. Acharya is survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter. "He (Acharya) is no more with us," Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said as he rushed to the hospital.
Contradicting Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda's claims, former advocate general B V Acharya insisted that he resigned after the government pressured him to quit as the special public prosecutor in the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
All's well that ends well - that is the picture you get when you look at what transcribed in Bharatiya Janata Party's crucial meeting on Wednesday.
While one headache for the Bharatiya Janata Party is over on Wednesday with the appointment of a new chief minister in Sadananda Gowda, the other one that remains is to keep the rival faction happy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka is keeping matters close to its heart amid factions within the party warring over the post of the next chief minister.
With just a few hours to go before Lokayukta of Karnataka Justice Santhosh Hegde submits his report on illegal mining, there is a lot of talk about a possible successor to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
New Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday ruled out creation of a Deputy chief minister's post and re-induction of controversial Reddy brothers in the cabinet.
Trouble in Karnataka seems far from over. A day after Jagadish Shettar was beaten by Sadananda Gowda for the chief minister's post in a secret ballot, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader is said to be heading to New Delhi on Friday with a long list of complaints.
Sadananda Gowda, who assumed charge as Karnataka chief minister on Thursday, has a tough task ahead. Ironically, that task is not the administration of the state, but to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party flock in Karnataka together.
In an apparent bid to reject criticism that he wants to rule by proxy by installing D V Sadananda Gowda as his successor, B S Yeddyurappa, who resigned from post for Karnataka chief minister on Sundat, asserted he did not want to become "a super CM".
Gowda has also failed to offer clarity on reforming the Railway Board.
Amid indications that the BJP high command may ask him to step down in the wake of alleged land scams, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa left for Puttaparthi on Monday to "seek the blessings" of Sri Satya Sai Baba.
Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, K S Eshwarappa took over as the state party chief from outgoing party president D Sadananda Gowda on Thursday.
Sadananda Gowda, state BJP chief and member of Parliament, shared his thoughts on the prospects of his party in the forthcoming elections.
Waiting to board a train or to receive a relative at Chennai Central would no more be a dull experience, as the busiest railway terminus in South India is now offering free Wi-Fi internet access to laptops and mobile phones.
The government has capped the trade margin on oxygen concentrators at 70 per cent in order to keep in check the price of the much in demand critical life saving component amid the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The trade margin has been capped at 70 per cent on price to distributor level on oxygen concentrators. In an official release, the chemicals and fertilisers ministry said the decision has been taken in view of the extraordinary circumstances arising due to the pandemic which has resulted in volatility in Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) of oxygen concentrators.
Disclosing details of his assets, he said the reports about the rise in his wealth had been done without checking facts.
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Disclosing details of his assets, he said the reports about the rise in his wealth had been done without checking facts.
The Karnataka state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to be more assertive in their approach to put to an end the free run of their coalition partner the Janata Dal-Secular.
Though the promised power transfer is on October 3, the party says it is ready to take up CM's post much earlier
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has boosted the representation of backward castes, dalits, tribals and women in his Council of Ministers in a big shake-up of his government with a focus on politically crucial states, including the all-important Uttar Pradesh.
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