Even as voting began on a dull note in Karnataka, leaders from across parties expressed confidence about their performance in the ongoing elections.
The number of nominations filed by candidates for the May 5 Assembly elections in Karnataka crossed 2,000 on Tuesday.
"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.
Bharatiya Janata Party's national leaders would meet senior party leaders of Karnataka on October 30 in New Delhi to work out a strategy to placate disgruntled party strongman B S and ensure that he does not quit the party, BJP state president K S Eshwarappa said on Saturday.
Indicating the imminent replacement of D V Sadananda Gowda as Karnataka chief minister, State Bharatiya Janata Party president K S Eshwarappa on Friday said he believed that the party has solved the leadership issue and would abide by their decision.
Municipal Administration Minister Bhalachandra Jarkiholi on Wednesday threatened to pull down the Bharatiya Janata Party government if Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda was replaced.
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.
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.
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.
Hectic political activities continued for the second consecutive day in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka on Thursday, as party's national general secretary in-charge of the State Arun Singh started meeting leaders and legislators individually, in the backdrop of speculations over replacing Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
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's central leadership in Delhi has invited the feuding factions in Karnataka for a meeting on Sunday. BJP president Nitin Gadkari will hold talks with Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and former CM B S Yeddyurappa's emissary Shobha Karandlaje.
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
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.
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.
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 central leadership, which had issued show cause notices to two of its MPs in Karnataka, has now suspended them.
"Opposition parties hoping that I would quit would be disappointed," Yeddyurappa told media persons at the Bangalore Airport, on arrival from Mauritius, where he was on a six-day holiday with his family
"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.
The drama in Bengaluru over the resignation of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurapa continues and so far absolutely no solution has been found.
This appears to be a serious problem for Yeddyurappa, as he faces the biggest dissent from within his party ever since he came to power.
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.'
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.
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.
A last ditch attempt by the Bharatiya Janata Party to refrain Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde from resigning has failed. State BJP unit chief K S Eshwarappa, Home Minister Dr V S Acharya and Law Minister Suresh Kumar met Justice Hegde and asked him to reconsider his decision, but the Lokayukta averred that he will not change his mind.
Yediyurappa is made of sterner stuff and is not going to yield so easily.
Rediff.com lists a few instances when BJP leaders and ministers shot their mouth off.
The incident occurred late Saturday night at the resort where the Congress MLAs are hunkered down since Friday in a move to keep the flock together against alleged bid to topple the ruling coalition by BJP, according to Congress sources.
Yeddyurappa, 74, an influential Lingayat leader, had led the saffron party to its maiden victory in the southern state in 2008, but was forced to resign following charges of corruption against him.
This is the first Cabinet expansion after he assumed office on July 26 and proved his government's majority on the floor of the assembly on July 29.
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.
"Should this be the fate of the Speaker or the assembly," Kumar asked minister Priyank Kharge.
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.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition ministry headed by H D Kumaraswamy in Karnataka was expanded Friday with the induction of 20 ministers.
Among the three Deputy Chief Ministers are Govind Karjol, who has also been given the charge of PWD and Social welfare; Ashwath Narayan the portfolio of Higher Education, IT & BT, Science and Technology; and Laxman Savadi with Transport department.
'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.
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.
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
A Karnataka minister has waded into controversy after a 'sting operation' by a television channel on his wife allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 7 lakh regarding a tender pertaining to his department.
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.
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