Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar today lambasted the State BJP leaders for constantly criticising the Congress government on drought relief and alleged that they were not doing anything to seek drought relief from the Centre.
Alleging injustice to Karnataka in the interim budget by the Centre, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar accused the BJP-led central government of not releasing drought relief funds and announced that the state unit of the Congress party, will protest on February 7 in New Delhi
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar appealed to Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on Wednesday to reconsider the ordinance making Kannada mandatory on name boards.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the appointments to boards and corporations were made only after taking everyone's opinion into account.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar asserted on Wednesday that the long-anticipated Mekedatu project would be completed during the current tenure of the Congress government.
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.
Speaking to reporters at the Kumarakruppa guest house, he said, "It is natural to ask people to give one strength. Yathindra is a responsible leader, there is no need to twist his words or quote him out of context."
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday congratulated his party president, Mallikarjun Kharge, for being appointed as the "chairperson" of the opposition's INDIA bloc.