Lok Sabha election: Deve Gowda defends ‘family politics’, says voters wanted JD(S) to field his grandsons from Mandya, Hassan seats
• 6 years agoFaced with criticism for turning the JD(S) into a family enterprise, party supremo and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on Thursday said people and party workers wanted his grandsons Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna to contest from Mandya and Hassan Lok Sabha constituencies.
Lok Sabha polls: Voting for 14 seats in Karnataka will test strength of already jittery JD(S)-Congress alliance
Ramakrishnaupadhya • 6 years agoCongress and JD(S), between them, had secured 51.8 percent of the votes to BJP’s 43 percent in 2014 in Karnataka.
Sustainable traffic solutions missing in campaign discourse as Bengaluru eyes one crore vehicles
Vimal Simha • 6 years agoDespite poll promises, transport policy and investment remains resolutely oriented towards road building and private vehicles, particularly in Bengaluru, as evidenced by the controversial elevated corridor project championed by the Chief Minister
Narendra Modi strikes chord with Dalit voters with tributes to Ambedkar as second phase of polls draws near
Sanjay • 6 years agoOn Saturday and Sunday, Modi highlighted the negatives of his challengers – the Congress-JD(S) alliance in Karnataka, and the BSP-SP-RLD gathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh.
Karnataka voters miffed at Deve Gowda's family for spreading political tentacles; JD(S) faces stiff contests in 'strongholds'
Ramakrishnaupadhya • 6 years agoDeve Gowda, known as ‘Appaji’ in the family circles, has had to do a lot of tightrope walking to balance ambitions within the family.
JD(S) protests against pre-poll raids in Karnataka: I-T dept seeks legal action against HD Kumaraswamy, ministers for intimidating officers
• 6 years agoThe income tax department has written to the Chief Electoral Officer seeking legal action against Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy
'Narendra Modi applies makeup to look good on camera': Kumaraswamy offers theory for media attention garnered by PM
Fp Staff • 6 years agoProposing a theory on why the ‘media’ features Narendra Modi more than other political leaders, Karnataka Chief Minister KD Kumaraswamy said that the Prime Minister applies make-up and wax before coming in front of the camera
Lok Sabha polls: Sumalatha Ambareesh poses serious challenge to HD Kumaraswamy's son in JD(S) bastion Mandya
Ramakrishnaupadhya • 7 years agoThe election campaign of Sumalatha Ambareesh, an independent candidate supported by the BJP, is assuming the shape of a thunderstorm in the Mandya seat.
HD Kumaraswamy leads protests after I-T raids at Karnataka Congress, JD(S) leaders’ properties; slams misuse of central agencies
• 7 years agoKarnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy led a protest by the Congress-JD(S) ruling alliance in front of the Income Tax department in response to a statewide pre-dawn IT crackdown on his partymen and others
BJP offered HD Kumaraswamy money to form Karnataka govt, says Deve Gowda after I-T raids on JD(S) leaders
• 7 years agoIn the wake of statewide I-T raids on JD(S) workers in Karnataka, former prime minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Thursday alleged that the BJP had tried to persuade his son HD Kumaraswamy to form a government in Karnataka with their help before the May 2018 Assembly election.