Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday called on the banks to open more branches in rural areas of Karnataka to support the growing rural economy.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar today accused the BJP of not allowing Congress MP D K Suresh to raise his voice in Parliament on purported injustice meted out to Karnataka.
"There is no reason to protest against this (Union) government. They (Congress) have lost confidence, and they are going to lose miserably in the next elections. That's why they are resorting to these theatrics," Yediyurappa said.
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
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said today that the state government is committed to constructing the parallel balancing reservoir near Navali across the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the appointments to boards and corporations were made only after taking everyone's opinion into account.
After former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar returned to the BJP barely months after joining the ruling Congress, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday likened the Congress to an ocean and said individual exits do not make any difference to the party.
After former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar returned to the BJP barely months after joining the ruling Congress, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said he had no clue what made the former change his political stripes again.
Soon after the Congress turned down the invitation to the grand 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Temple, party leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the party high command would answer on this.
To address the concerns of the farmers in the Krishna basin (Bagalkote, Kalburgi and Vijayapura), Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, announced the release of 2.75 TMC of water from Almatti dam at around 10:50 a.m. on Sunday.
Amid protest by BJP over arrest of a man in Hubbali linked to the riots that took place after the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said that the arrest of was part of the law and order process and the government was not resorting to "vende
Speaking at an event organised by the Congress party to protest the suspension of 146 MPs, Shivakumar said that the ruling party has become "very arrogant."