B S Yeddyurappa's followers have threatened to stage a coup in the party if the central leadership does not take a favourable decision. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Though largely seen as an official visit, with less than a year for elections, Shah during this trip is likely to meet senior party leaders including Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, veteran leader B S Yediyurappa among others
The BJP MLC, who had switched his loyalty from the Janat Dal-Secular to the BJP two years ago, alleged that the "entire state" including ministers, had been talking about Vijayendra's interference in the administration.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's central top brass has given the green signal for admitting former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa back into the organisation, senior state party leader K S Eshwarappa has said.
The state government has plunged into a crisis after 14 dissident MLAs -- 11 from the Congress and three from the Janaat Dal-Secular -- resigned and two independents withdrew support.
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership would step in to end the face-off between former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and state party President K S Eshwarappa over the leadership issue.
A day after state Home Minister KJ George sparked a controversy by blaming the media for tarnishing Bengaluru's image by focussing on rape stories for TRPs, the former state Bharatiya Janata Party president K S Eshwarappa attacked his political opponents.
Congress partly vehemently opposed the bill, calling it "anti people", "inhuman", "anti constitutional", "anti poor" and "draconian", and urged that it should not be passed for any reason and should be withdrawn by the government.
It looks like the coming year will have a lot in store for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. On Wednesday, there was a clear rift within the party, and now it has come out in the open, with former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa lashing out at state party President, K S Eshwarappa.
Another round of infighting within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has commenced. Nine ministers loyal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa quit the state cabinet on Friday evening, which has mounted pressure on CM Sadananda Gowda.
Yeddyurappa would take the oath alone as the chief minister and once the majority is proved on the floor of the assembly, cabinet members would be inducted.
The number of nominations filed by candidates for the May 5 Assembly elections in Karnataka crossed 2,000 on Tuesday.
If top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit are worried about the departure of veteran politico B S Yeddyurappa, they are trying their best to hide it. All the party's state leaders put on a brave front on Friday after the much-hyped resignation of Yeddyurappa, the man who was responsible for bringing the party to power in Karnataka.
The meeting convened by Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to pacify his MLAs did not yield any result as most of the rebels did not turn up.
Even as B S Yeddyurappa arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday night to hold crucial talks with the Bharatiya Janata Party top brass over the leadership issue in Karnataka, state Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda, state BJP President K S Eshwarappa and Law Minister Suresh Kumar too are expected to follow suit to thwart the former chief minister's agenda
Days after making an alleged "hate speech" against a minority community, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa was slapped with a criminal case on Friday after electoral officials issued directions for it.
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa has said that he will not accept the post of party president even if it was offered to him. There were voices of dissent from the Yeddyurappa camp since the past couple of days. He had also stepped up the demand to be made the state party chief.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka has claimed that all differences between them have been sorted out. The BJP leadership in New Delhi made it clear to the warring factions -- former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's camp and the rival group led by BJP national general secretary H N Ananthkumar and former minister Jagadish Shettar -- that there is no need approach the high command and to make truce in Bengaluru itself.
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.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa officially rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday evening. After a marathon meeting with members of the BJP at the Taj West End hotel Bangalore, the Lingayat strongman officially merged his Karnataka Janatha Party with the BJP.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday dismissed talks of a brewing rebellion against him by a section of BJP members of legislative assembly, terming it as 'a creation of the media.'
Yediyurappa is made of sterner stuff and is not going to yield so easily.
The Karnataka Lokayukta which conducted a raid at the residence of Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa, has found Rs 10,70,000. This was informed to the media by Additional Director General of police Lokayukta S N Rao.
The Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership, which had issued show cause notices to two of its MPs in Karnataka, has now suspended them.
"Reddy brothers are holding the point that they have not violated any rules of mining. We are sure Janardhan Reddy will come out clean...As long as they are associated politically with us, we will own them up," Dhananjay Kumar, Karnataka government's special representative in Delhi, said.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah (Home Minister) and our national President J P Nadda have a special love and faith towards me. You are aware that no position has been given to those who have crossed 75 years of age, but appreciating my work they have given me an opportunity despite me crossing 78 years," Yediyurappa said.
After the Congress and the Janata Dal-United discontent now appeared to be brewing within the Bharatiya Janata Party against state President B S Yeddyurappa over the appointment of party office bearers.
The BJP released the list a day after its central election committee met to finalise the names of its candidates for the high-stakes election.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar will get a Rajya Sabha berth from Madhya Pradesh after his name was finalised by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday.
"Should this be the fate of the Speaker or the assembly," Kumar asked minister Priyank Kharge.
'It must have stung Devendra Fadnavis to see Modi asking MPs at the BJP parliamentary party meeting to give Yediyurappa a standing ovation for his victory in the by-elections that has resulted in pulling the BJP government in Karnataka off the ventilator,' notes Aditi Phadnis.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will be up against Geetha Shivrajkumar, the daughter-in-law of actor Dr Rajkumar and daughter of former chief minister S Bangarappa. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council K S Eshwarappa alleged that the government has 'misused' the office of the President by getting Tipu's name mentioned in the speech.
The apex court, however, made it clear that the swearing-in and the government formation in the state would be subject to the final outcome of the case before it.
The speaker told Kumaraswamy that "this (SIT) should not lead to a witch-hunt. The probe should be only to establish the truth."
Among very few woman editors in Kannada journalism, she was a fierce activist, who openly expressed her pro-Naxal and Leftist views.
While the BJP believes that Muthalik will help the party secure more votes in northern Karnakata, many of the party's supporters in urban areas are uncomfortable with his induction, says Vicky Nanjappa
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