Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who has decided to rejoin the Bharatiya Janata Party, said on Tuesday that his return was unconditional for the larger interest of the country and for the party's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi.
Justice B V Pinto, who on Thursday granted conditional bail to Yeddyurappa in another corruption case, said he needed time to study it and wanted some more clarification.
The Karnataka high court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in connection with some cases relating to alleged illegal denotification of land and illegalities in housing cooperative societies.
Yeddyurappa will meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur at Raj Bhavan to stake a claim to form the government. Meanwhile, backdoor negotiations continue to lure more independents into the party so that the BJP has the requisite number to prove its majority on the floor of the House.
Dubbing the Bharatiya Janata Party ministry in Karnataka as the "most corrupt government in free India", the Congress on Wednesday demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and all ministers indicted by the Lokayukta in the illegal mining case. "Those holding constitutional positions should uphold high moral traditions. Yeddyurappa and all ministers involved in the nefarious activities should quit," party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
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."
Will he or will he not was the big question everyone had for former Chief Minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa, following his warning that he would take a very firm decision on February 27 if he was not made the chief minister. But now, it appears that, the threat has fizzled out. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday said his government would consult the Advocate General on Tamil Nadu's Hogenakkal drinking water project, which he had opposed in the run up to the polls. Uday Holla was appointed as the Advocate General of Karnataka.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will be in New Delhi on March 12 and will seek his reinstatement as CM of Karnataka.
I hereby resign as the chief minister read B S Yeddyurappa's one-line resignation. Yeddyurappa played out the drama even in his last moments as chief minister of Karnataka as he tendered his resignation to the governor of Karnataka.
Chief Minister of Karnataka, B S Yeddyurappa has finally set out on foot to the Raj Bhavan. The chief minister, accompanied by his supporters, will walk to Raj Bhavan to tender his resignation.
Congress has alleged that Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address only one public rally in poll-bound Karnataka as he was indebted to Karnataka Janata Party chief B S Yeddyurappa, who had supported his candidature for the post of prime minister.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa moved a motion seeking a vote of confidence in the legislative assembly at 1530 hours. The one line motion moved by Yeddyurappa requested the opposition to approve the motion without a debate. He requested that the vote of confidence be held immediately, but opposition Congress insisted that a debate be held before the vote of confidence takes place.
After the party high command ask him to resign immediately on Thursday, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is fast running out of options, and at the moment, is holed up in his residence in Bengaluru, where he is mustering the support of his members of legislative assembly. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Owing to the soon-to-be released Lokayukta report, political tensions are at an all time high in Karnataka. Leaked portions from the report have suggested that Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has a mention in that report, which has given the opposition the required ammunition to start firing at him once again.
Yeddyurappa may have had his revenge by proving that his warnings about destroying the Bharatiya Janata Party were not mere threats, but the bigger question is what his future political career would look like now. The BJP too has a lot of thinking to do ahead of the 2014 elections as Karnataka is the only state from where the BJP can win some MP seats. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was granted anticipatory bail by the high court on Thursday in the Upper Bhadra bribery case. The court directed him to furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of the sum. He was also told to cooperate with the investigating agency. The Lokyaukta has been investigating allegations that the state government gave a contract for the Upper Bhadra project after Yeddyurappa had allegedly taken monetary favours for It was alleged
The Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Monday registered an FIR against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members in connection with the anti-corruption watchdog's report into illegal mining. Besides Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, B Y Vijendra and son-in-law R N Sohan Kumar and others have been named in the FIR under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Lokayukta sources said.
Virtually serving an ultimatum to H R Bhardwaj, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday threatened to plunge into an agitation against the governor's action, who had sought President's rule in the state, if the latter failed to give his approval by evening for convening the assembly from June 2.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is gearing up to parade his members of legislative assembly before Governor H R Bharadwaj at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.
Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit President K S Eswarappa and two other leaders who have been gunning for the ouster of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa are in New Delhi on Thursday to brief the high command on the affairs in the party and its government in the state.
A last-ditch attempt to convince disgruntled Bharatiya Janata Party leader B S Yeddyurappa, by senior leader Arun Jaitley, has failed. Jaitley, who arrived in Bengaluru late on Saturday, held talks with the former Karnataka chief minister. According to sources, Jaitley had sought to know what Yeddyurappa's conditions were to remain in the BJP.
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.
'This minority government will be for only 15 days.' 'By that time, its motion of confidence will be defeated, and it will have to resign.' 'Therefore, the swearing-in is a waste of money, energy and time.'
Stating that the BJP will return to power in Karnataka once again, the veteran leader dismissed speculations on the party losing the election after Yeddyurappa's exit as rubbish
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members on Saturday appeared before a Central Bureau of Investigation court here in connection with a case of alleged kickback in illegal mining.
Karnataka Janata Paksha president B S Yeddyurappa Saturday described the Congress win in May 5 assembly polls as good for the state, but said it remained to be seen how the party was going to govern.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa chose not to target his political opponents in his speech at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa chose not to target his political opponents in his speech at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Disgruntled Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday came down heavily on some of his partymen, who have been trying to create confusion on the issue of his exit from the party. "Let them wait with patience till December. There is no question of me staying in this party. There is no change in my decision on quitting the party," Yeddyurappa said.
Speaking to party colleagues at the BJP party office in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said that Advani's views on Karnataka were misplaced
In a relief to former Chief Minister and KJP leader B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday quashed a land grab complaint against him.
Vicky Nanjappa reports on the game plan of B S Yeddyurappa who is set to part ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party and float his own party on December 10
Shedding his defiant posture after persuasion by party leaders, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday left Bangalore for Mumbai to attend the concluding session of the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Executive meeting. "I am leaving for Mumbai to greet Nitin Gadkari on his re-election as the party president for the second successive term," said Yeddyurappa, who had earlier decided to skip the meet as he was apparently upset over being sidelined.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa assured the state police on Friday to initiate appropriate action against Sri Ram Sene chief patron Pramod Muthalik, who was caught by rent-a-riot sting operation.
Yeddyurappa will have to appear in person before the court on Monday afternoon in connection with a land de-notification case.
Seeking to give a new twist to his ongoing war against the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka over alleged land scams, Janata Dal - Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday claimed Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa had made a vain bid to patch up with him."Two days ago, a right hand man of Yeddyurappa had a telephonic talk (with me) to say the chief minister wanted to strike a compromise with me to end the expose of the misdeeds of his government,"said Kumaraswamy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has suffered a major set back in Karnataka's Shikaripura town -- the home constituency of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's, at the launch of his new political party, the Karnataka Janata Party had claimed that it was secular in nature. However, social activist Teesta Setalvad, who is in Karnataka, has said that Yeddyurappa needs to do a lot more to prove that he is secular by nature.
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