Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a meeting with key officials on Sunday ahead of the Assembly session starting on Monday. He emphasized the importance of ministers being well-prepared to address departmental issues and to attend the session in person.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that an appeal will be submitted to the Cauvery Water Management Authority against its order to the State to release 1 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu every day.
An emergency meeting of the Water Resources Department has been called on Friday at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's residence after the Cauvery Water Control Committee recommended releasing 1 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu every day.
Reacting to diversion of of SC/ST funds matter, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jagadish Shettar said that CBI must carry out an inquiry into it as it is a serious matter involving names of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his wife Parvathi Siddaramaiah.
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was involved in the Valmiki Development Corporation scam and demanded his resignation on Wednesday.
A complaint has been filed against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and nine others for allegedly forging documents to claim compensation from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the state has reported 7,362 positive cases to date in Karnataka and instructed the officials to eliminate mosquito breeding sites.
"Keeping in mind the future and development of Ramanagara, Channapatna, Magadi, Kanakapura, Harohalli taluks, a delegation of district leaders led by them has proposed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South District," Shivakumar said.
Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah on Friday paid a surprise visit to Morarji Desai Residential School in Chamarajpet, Bangaluru and emphasised that more necessary infrastructure will be provided to residential schools of the state.
Launching a scathing attack on Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday lashed out at Union Minister Kumaraswamy and called him a "madman" for making baseless allegations on MUDA (Mysore Urban Development Authority) site allocation.
According to an official release, "Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC President and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will meet party workers and office bearers at the party office on Queens Road between 3 pm and 5 pm on July 6 to address their issues."
Responding to the BJP's allegations of misuse in the MUDA plot allotments and their demand for a CBI inquiry, the CM asked, "Why do they want to hand over everything to the CBI?"