Karnataka Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party Leader R Ashoka said that the BJP will mobilise bullock carts and bikes and organise a stir in front of the Vidhana Soudha on Monday to protest against the fuel price hike by the state government.
The price of petrol has surged by Rs 3, bringing the cost per litre in Bengaluru to Rs 102.84, up from the previous rate of Rs 99.84. Similarly, the price of diesel has increased by Rs 3.02, raising the cost per litre from Rs 85.93 to Rs 88.95.
Karnataka, which has 28 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in two phases on April 26 and May 7.In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and JD-S fought together against the BJP and the combine was decimated.
Dismissing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's claim that the BJP was offering Rs 50 crore each to ruling Congress MLAs to switch sides ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka on Saturday said his party has made no such approaches to the rival camp.
The Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka on Friday slammed the Siddaramaiah government over the Rameshwaram cafe blast incident and said that the ruling Congress party needs to change its mindset and strictly take action against such nefarious elements who are trying to de
Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Thursday alleged that the Karnataka government are giving the animal husbandry property in Bengaluru to minority people and termed it a "big scandal."
R Ashoka, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, slammed the Siddaramaiah government for the arrest of a kar sevak (volunteer) in Hubballi, saying that the situation in the state is such that one is sent to jail for chanting 'Jai Sri Ram'.
Newly appointed Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka called on former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda at the latter's residence here on Saturday.
"My party, PM Modi, Amit Shah, Nadda, General Secretary Santhosh, and all our MLAs today elected me as LoP of the Karnataka Assembly... Congress has done nothing for the poor and farmers in the last 6 months; they're infighting; Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar are fighting over the CM post
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal skipped the Legislature Party meeting to decide the new Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly on Friday.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday clarified his "puppy" remark on Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other party leaders and said that his "statement in rural language" has been misunderstood and he did not insult the Chief Minister.
Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Siddaramaiah remarked on the 3:2 split verdict of the Supreme Court in the Constitutions 103rd Amendment Act 2019 which provides for 10 per cent reservations of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in higher education and the issues of pu