Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced on Thursday that the meeting on the Hemavathi link canal, originally scheduled for June 30, has been postponed to July 4-5 following a request from Union Minister V Somanna.
"The reason why we are redoing the caste census is social justice, not politics. The opposition parties, who criticised the previous caste census, are opposing the new caste census. Let them take a stand to support the original caste census if they have an issue with the new one," the Congre
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that a commission has been formed that is currently conducting an inquiry into the matter of the Bengaluru stampede incident, where 11 people had lost their lives on 4 during RCB's IPL victory celebrations.
"I donated Rs 25 lakh to the National Herald. It is a newspaper run by our party. My brother and I have given money to the publication. We have also given donations from our trust. We have given our hard-earned money; there is nothing to conceal," Shivakumar said.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced that the permanent drinking water supply project to taluks in Bengaluru South district would be completed by December this year.
Stating that the Congress party had imbibed Basavanna's philosophy of 'equal life equal share,' Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the party would ensure justice for all.
"We have not increased the prices for waste management; it was the BJP that enacted the law and implemented it in 2022. Additionally, the central government had given directions for a price hike. The BJP had raised the prices, but we have reduced them as much as possible," Deputy CM Shivakum
Amid the ruckus and adjournment of Parliament yesterday over Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's reported statement on the Constitution, Congress MP K Suresh on Tuesday said that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju made "misleading statements" about the latter.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday clarified that the state government's decision to provide a four per cent reservation in government contracts is not exclusive to Muslims but extends to all minority communities and backward classes.
"We have been fighting for justice and will accept whatever the law states. I have been saying from the beginning that this is politically motivated," Shivakumar said.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Congress Pradesh President D K Shivakumar hailed the inauguration of 'Indira Bhawan,' party's new headquarters on Monday and called it as a 'temple for all Congress people on Monday.