Congress chief Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Gifted to us by the BJP president, our campaign in Karnataka is off to a fabulous start. He says Yeddyurappa ran the most corrupt Government ever... True."
Former chief minister and Karnakata Janata Party leader B S Yeddyurappa on Friday ruled out the possibility of his party forming a government with the Bharatiya Janata Party after the assembly polls. "There is no question of the KJP joining hands with the BJP to form the government. Some of them are trying to create confusion in the minds of the people. Our aim is to form the KJP government on our own," he said.
Relieved by the Karnataka high court order quashing the FIR against him in an illegal mining case, B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday pinned hopes on the Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership to render "justice" to him, indicating a renewed bid for his reinstatement as chief minister.
A meeting of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his supporters is being closely watched by many in the state, says Vicky Nanjappa
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday ruled out possibility of mid-term assembly polls following political turmoil in Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit in the wake of Bellary strongman B Sreeramulu's decision to quit the party and contest the bypoll as an independent.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notices while adjourning hearing on the bail plea filed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Describing the victory of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in five of the eight assembly constituencies in the Dec 27 bypoll as a "positive vote for stability and development", Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday declared an end to its "operation lotus" under which it lured leaders of other parties into its fold.
May 30. 1: 50 pm. That marked a new beginning for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. It was then that Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa was sworn in the 25th chief minister of Karnataka, marking a new saffron dawn in South India. To mark the historic occasion, top party leaders such as L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Narendra Modi, Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley were present even as a crowd of 75,000 cheered them on. Twenty-nine other MLAs were also sworn in as m
However as per the Constitution, the resignation would come into force only once Yeddyurappa submits his resignation to the Governor of Karnataka. Yeddyurappa is expected to go to Governor H R Bhadwraj later in the day and hand over his resignation. As per his astrologer he would have to undertake this excercise between 11 am and 4 pm.
Putting up a brave face despite the damning indictment by the state Lokayukta on illegal mining, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said his government needs time to study the "voluminous" report submitted by the anti-corruption watchdog and maintained that "most of its points" were pending in courts. Reacting to the report of Lokayukta Santosh Hegde, Yeddyurappa pointed out that it was a voluminous report running into hundreds of pages and had 31 chapters.
The chargesheet states that Yeddyurappa and his sons received illegal gratification to the tune of Rs 40 crore from Jindal Steels. In return, Yeddyurappa -- who was the chief minister then -- helped process the mining lease applications for Jindal.
The new BJP government in Karnataka will give "top priority" to allegations of corruption against previous governments, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Monday.
Asserting that the party believes in zero tolerance towards corruption, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday termed the rejection of former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa''s bail plea to be a legal issue, and said that they would fight it out legally.
Ignoring party warning, about 23 legislators and seven ministers on Friday attended the breakfast meet hosted by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who broke away from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party recently, in a virtual expression of solidarity with him.
Seeking to set at rest speculation on his future political moves, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has decided to stay away from the coming 105th birthday celebration of Siddaganga mutt seer Shivakumara Swamiji in which Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is to take part in it.
In a further relief to scam-hit Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family, the Karnataka High Court today granted interim stay on a lower court order which had taken cognisance of offences against them in four private complaints.
On the eve of his assuming office, Karnataka Chief Minister-designate B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday said he would lead a delegation to Tamil Nadu to discuss the controversial Hogenakkal drinking water project that has seen a lot of bad blood between the two states.
The former Karnataka chief minister said he would campaign for the party in Bellary and would support any candidate that BJP puts up. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The former Karnataka chief minister said he would campaign for the party in Bellary and would support any candidate that BJP puts up. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The talks between BS Yeddyurappa and the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders appear to have succeeded with sources now indicating that the chief minister has agreed to step down on Sunday afternoon at around 1 pm.
The Karnataka high court on Tuesday granted bail to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, accused in a de-notification case.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa struck an emotional chord with his supporters on Friday as he was all set to quit the Bharatiya Janata Party and sever his 40-year-old ties with it.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday indicated he is not averse to return to the Bharatiya Janata Party, as he admitted publicly for the first time that he and some senior national BJP leaders had discussed his homecoming.
After spending 23 days behind bars, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was on Tuesday granted bail by the Karnataka high court. Justice B V Pinto granted the bail after hearing his bail plea, on the condition that the former CM furnishes a bond of Rs 10 lakh and a surety of the same amount. Yeddyurappa's legal team is now trying to prepapre the paperwork by Tuesday evening to secure his release.
With the political crisis in Karnataka showing no signs of relenting, all eyes are now on the 6pm meeting between former state chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and Bharatiya Janata Party state in charge Dharmendra Pradhan.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who recently sailed through the second trust of confidence, on Saturday said that there was no need for 'Operation Lotus' (to lure other parties' MLAs) to boost the strength of Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly.
In a fresh salvo against Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy alleged that he and his family had secured "illegal gains" through donations of Rs 27.18 crore made to a trust run by the CM's son.
The drama in Karnataka is expected to drag on for some more time with the Central leadership telling former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa faction to wait at least another three days.
Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament D B Chandre Gowda and party legislator B P Harish have come out in the open, questioning the decision of the high command to sack Yeddyurappa.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday urged his successor D V Sadananda Gowda to immediately release Rs 200 crore for providing employment to people in drought-hit areas under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said he would meet Governor H R Bhardwaj soon to request him to convene the session of the state assembly early in June. "I will meet the governor along with a few of my Cabinet colleagues to request him to allow us to start the assembly session," Yeddyurappa said in Delhi, before leaving for Bangalore.He said it was for the second time that the state Cabinet has recommended the session dates.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who faces an acid test in the May 5 assembly elections, has said that there will be no government in the state without his support.
Defending the allotment of land to a firm in which his two sons are partners, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday denied committing acts of 'nepotism or favouritism' and ruled out stepping down from his post.Under attack from the Opposition, Yeddyurappa said he was ready to order a judicial probe by a retired Supreme Court judge into denotification and allotment of lands and sites in the last ten years if the Opposition agreed.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was quick to announce sites in Bengaluru for Team India after they lifted the World Cup, has now reversed his decision citing legal hassles
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told the Karnataka high court that there was a prima facie case against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case, which required their custodial interrogation.
Triggering speculation about his next political move, Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka strongman B S Yeddyurappa on Friday opened his public contact office but maintained that he had no intention of toppling his party's government in the state. The former chief minister's new venture comes amid the crisis in the ruling BJP which had almost reached a flashpoint a few days ago, before Yeddyurappa said he had deferred his decision to quit the party.
Notwithstanding intensified efforts by BJP's Karnataka unit to bring him back to the party, B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said none from central leadership had contacted him.
It appears as though former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has fallen in line, at least for now. After being handed out some very tough talk by Bharatiya Janata Party president Nithin Gadkari, Yeddyurappa has now reserved his decision for February 27th.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Monday he was ready to order a judicial probe into the charges of denotification and allotment of land and sites, including those to a firm in which his two sons are partners.
A week after snapping his four decade old association with BJP, former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday dubbed it 'a bigger evil' than Congress and Janata Dal-Secular and vowed never to return to his former party.
