Karnataka Congress president Shivakumar, following the closed-door meeting, posted a picture with Tejaswini, who is also Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party vice president, on his X handle saying, "discussed state political issues."
Former Karnataka minister K Sudhakar, while speaking to the reporters here, alleged that the state government has ‘bypassed’ the autonomous body of Lokayukta that investigates the corruption.
The Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday staged a protest in Mandya district, demanding not to further release water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu.
Amid speculations that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA ST Somashekar Gowda might jump ship to Congress, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that he is in talks with the former and no one will leave the party.
Ruling out the possibility of forging a pact with Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls, the Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda on Tuesday said that his party will go all alone into the polls.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot requesting a probe into IAS officers' deployment at a hotel where Opposition parties meeting was held.
As per the official statement by the party's state General Secretary Ashwath Narayan, out of two teams, one will be led by BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel consisting of 11 members, and the other, with 10 members, will be led by National General Secretary C T Ravi.
Taking to reporters on Monday, the MLA representing assembly Teradal assembly constituency said, "This murder of the Jain monk was committed by ISIS. No Indians can murder anybody in such a brutal manner. The government should consider this case very seriously and it should be handed over to
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, Eshwarappa said, "Indiscipline was highly uncommon in the 'disciplined' BJP but after the defeat, it has lurked because of dissatisfaction among the leaders and workers on the ground."
The BJP staged a protest against Congress government in the state to counter its demonstration which was held against the Centre for not "providing" rice to the state and joined by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and many congress workers.