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"Jagadish Shettar will empower Congress," Kharge after former Karnataka CM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar joined Congress quitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the Assembly elections in the State, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said the joining of the prominent Lingayat leader will empower the party.
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"Joining Congress wholeheartedly..." Ex-Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar afte
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Senior BJP leader Amar Singh Patil also joined Congress along with Shettar.
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Exit of top Lingayat leaders will hamper BJP's prospects in elections: Jag
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Six-time MLA and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday questioned the double standards of the party as on one hand top leadership is giving an opportunity to the younger generation in electoral politics and on the contrary
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Karnataka polls: BJP confident of returning to power with absolute majori
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"I am confident that BJP will come to power with an absolute majority," CM Bommai told reporters on Wednesday.
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Congress will be punished in upcoming elections after its statement on scr
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The official social media handle of Karnataka BJP on Twitter said," DK Shivakumar clarified that we will cancel the reservation given to Okkaliga, Veerashaiva-Lingayat, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. For appeasement politics, the right of these communities to be uprooted INC Karna
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"No question of Congress returning to power": Karnataka CM Basavaraja Bomm
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Congress says they will take back the reservation which we have announced. There is no question of them (congress) coming to power. They can't take back the reservation as they will never come to power," said CM Bommai.
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"Karnataka govt's intention is to provoke communal strife": HD Kumaraswamy
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said that the BJP-ruled state of Karnataka's "intention" behind scrapping 4 per cent OBC reservation for Muslims was to spark communal strife between Vokkaligas and Lingayats and the Muslim community.
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Will restore 4 pc quota for Muslims scrapped by BJP government, says Karna
Updated : 3 years ago IST
While addressing the media, DK Shivakumar said, "I am confident that Congress will come to power after the next 45 days. We will scrap all these reservations as there is no base in this there was no report," he said.
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"We don't believe in alliance, will win with clear majority": BJP ahead of
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
With an aim to reach the helm, but this time with over 150 seats, in poll-bound Karnataka, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has announced to be kickstarting a 20-day mega rally, Vijay Sankalp Yatra, starting from March 1.
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Seer Jaya Mrityunjaya continues protest in Bengaluru over demand for 2A ca
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Panchamasali Lingayat seer Jaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji continued a protest, along with other members of the community, in Bengaluru over the demand for a 2A reservation for the community.
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Quota issue: Karnataka CM says justice will be done to Panchamasali commun
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Chief Minister was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Raitha Samavesh and Hara Jathra 2023 organised by Panchamasali Jagadguru Peeta, at Harihar.
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Karnataka: Panchamsali pontiff stages protest, demands reservation for co
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The protest dharna will continue till the government provides reservation under 2A," said Panchamsali pontiff of Kudalasangama Mutt Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swamiji.
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