Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on Thursday expressed his confidence that BJP-JDS together will win a minimum of 26 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said that the alliance of the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) will have a "positive impact" on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.
The Karnataka government has decided to hand over the investigation of the case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
"Yesterday, Amit Bhai, the party's national president JP Nadda and I have discussed all the Lok Sabha constituencies (of Karnataka) but so far nothing has been finalised. I think they may discuss this with the PM after that they'll come to some conclusion and in 2-3 days everything will b
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged the state government to clarify whether the socio-economic and education survey report commonly known as the caste census report, that was received by Chief Minister Siddaramiah at his chamber in Bengaluru was the Kantharaj report or the
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency into the raising of pro-Pakistan slogans and the dismissal of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state since "it was not functioning according to the Constitution".
After the announcement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the nation's top civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called him "a real son of the soil."
"Accepting the Kantharaj Backward Commission report was nothing but a Lok Sabha election stunt. Only the strong backward classes were deriving the benefits of reservation and the most backward classes needed to be rendered justice," Bommai said.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar, who switched back to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) after a short stint in Congress, said that he does not have any complaints against his former party colleagues.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has expressed his happiness over the Union Government's decision to confer the Bharat Ratna posthumously to former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur and urged the Central government to confer Bharat Ratna to former Karnataka CM D Devaraj Urs.