Karnataka verdict: Many gainers and losers but no clear winner in the political 'chanakyaniti'; all eyes now on 2019
Fppolitics • 7 years agoThe lines have been drawn. The verdict is out. But there is no clear winner to the political pandemonium that the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018 were.
Former SC judge Santosh Hegde urges Karnataka governor to convene Assembly quickly as delay will allow horse-trading
• 7 years agoKarnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala should convene the Assembly quickly to settle the issue of majority as any delay would give elbow room for political parties to indulge in horse-trading, retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde.
Karnataka Election Result 2018: BJP CM-elect Yeddyurappa rushes to governor's house to stake claim
Fp Staff • 7 years agoIn a major development in the race to form the government in Karnataka, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate B.S. Yeddyurappa has reached the governor's house to stake claim.
Karnataka unit of BJP felicitates Venkaiah Naidu for winning vice-presidential polls
Fp Staff • 8 years agoVice-President-elect Venkaiah Naidu was felicitated by Union Parliamentry Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa
Karnataka is the next big test for Congress but party must tackle anti-incumbency, rejig state leadership
Tssudhir • 8 years agoThe realisation that anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah regime in Karnataka is huge and the BJP has its nose ahead in the race, has dawned on the Congress high command.
Bengaluru RSS worker hacked to death: BJP demands NIA probe into killing
• 8 years agoStepping up its attack on the Congress government in the wake of a brutal murder of an RSS worker, BJP on Friday petitioned Governor Vajubhai Vala demanding an inquiry by NIA into killings of party and RSS activists.
Karnataka CM rejects CBI probe into the alleged suicide of DySP M K Ganapathy
• 9 years agoUnder attack from opposition BJP over the alleged suicide of a Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathy, Karnataka Chief Minister on Tuesday hit back at the rival party, rejecting its demand for a probe into the case that led to the exit of K J George as a minister, and questioning continuance of central ministers facing FIRs.
The great gamble: BJP takes a leap of faith, chooses BS Yeddyurappa, Keshav Prasad Maurya as party chiefs
Fppolitics • 9 years agoThe BJP on Friday made a politically bold move to appoint Keshav Prasad Maurya as its party chief in Uttar Pradesh, BS Yeddyurappa in Karnataka and Vijay Sampala in Punjab.
'My main task will be to throw out corrupt Congress': B S Yeddyurappa says after selection as Karnataka BJP chief
• 9 years agoNewly-appointed BJP Karnataka chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday asserted that his main task would be to uproot the "corrupt" Congress regime from the state.
BS Yeddyurappa submits resignation as MLA
Fp Archives • 11 years agoFormer Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who won Shimoga Lok Saba seat by a huge margin, has submitted his resignation as an MLA to the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly.