Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday demanded that BJP national president J P Nadda must explain to people how his party allowed Chikkaballapur BJP MP to allegedly distribute liquor to party workers.
"Would I have come if there were MLAs in Channapatnam? I came and sat because the chair was empty. Had I come if someone else was sitting on the chair?" Shivakumar said in a press conference at Channapatnam.
Speaking to reporters at Bajpe airport in Mangaluru during his visit to Kukke Subramanya Swamy temple, "I have seen Channapatna much before Kumaraswamy did. He came to politics 10 years after me. I am from Ramanagara district and I know Channapatna way better than him."
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar, hinted on Wednesday that he may contest the Channapatna assembly bypoll, and said that he has a "debt" to repay to the people of the constituency.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a roadshow in Channapatna as part of the campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Appreciating Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to ban import of toys from China, Channapatna's toy makers say that the government's move has helped in increasing their profits.
Channapatna (Karnataka) [India], May 4 (ANI): Former chief minister of Karnataka HD Kumaraswamy, on Wednesday, said that the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) examination scam, which has caught the attention of the entire country, has been exposed by the police department itself.
New Delhi (India), Nov 29 (ANI): Bengaluru rural MP DK Suresh met with Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday and requested him to give an exit for the for Kunigal-Bevuru-Channapatna State Highway near Thittamarana Halli.
Channapatna (Karnataka) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): JD-S leader H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Siddaramaiah for some of his comments and said he was not a 'parrot' domesticated by Sidaramaiah.
Channapatna (Karnataka) [India], June 19 (ANI): In what is being inferred as a sign of rift in the Congress-JD(S) coalition, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he cannot express the pain he goes through every day as he has to run the government smoothly.
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): The Janata Dal (Secular) made a grand comeback in Karnataka politics after over a decade of political isolation with HD Kumaraswamy taking oath as the state's 24th chief minister at the Vidhana Soudha, on Wednesday evening.