Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said the state government is considering handing over the investigation into the Hubballi incident to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to ensure a thorough and impartial probe.
"We will give legal clarifications on the bills returned by the Karnataka Governor. If he has done so only due to the BJP, then we will see what to do. We will look into it if the Governor needs some clarification on the bills (passed by the Assembly)," Kharge told reporters.
Parameshwara's remarks came in response to Shettar's renewed attack on the Congress leadership, in which the BJP MP claimed that a serious power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar could lead to the collapse of the government. Shettar alleg
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP MP Jagadish Shettar on Thursday said that the power struggle between CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar could lead to government collapse and benefit the BJP as public support shifts.
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, on Saturday said that speaking "bad words" about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also "hate speech" as he opposed the hate speech bill passed in the Karnataka Assembly.
The Karanataka government issued a government order on Friday forming a team under the leadership of the Karnataka Engineering Research Station Director (KERS) to expedite the 'Mekedatu' dam project in view of the favourable Supreme Court order.
Led by BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra, several party MLAs staged a demonstration outside the legislature building during the ongoing winter session, demanding immediate intervention for drought-hit farmers.
Karnataka Minister HK Patil on Tuesday said that the central government created the problems when they fixed the Maximum Retail Price (MRP), Fair-Remunerative Price (FRP), and sugar rate.
Karnataka Legislative Council LOP and BJP Leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, during the protest, stated that the party members stand with the farmers, demanding immediate resolutions during the BJP protest against the state government in Suvarna Soudha.
Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party's planned protest against the Karnataka government, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka criticised the Congress-led administration for "failing" to carry out relief work in flood-hit North Karnataka.
Amid mounting speculation over a potential change in Karnataka's leadership, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC N Ravi on Sunday criticised the state government, asserting that it has failed to deliver any tangible development during its two-and-a-half-year tenure and urged it to step down