Speaking at a rally during the submission of nomination by the Congress candidate in Mandya, he said, "There is no instance where the people of Mandya give up their pride and self-respect and hand over power to an outsider. People of Mandya don't entertain 'touring talkies' politics of Kumar
The Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government over women's safety in the state. They claimed that the grand old party is undermining law and order and empowering criminals.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday claimed that the BJP is talking about NDA winning more than 400 seats as a strategy because an internal survey conducted by it showed that it is difficult for the party to even get 200 seats in the coming Lok Sabha election.
Former MLA of Tumkur Rural Assembly Constituency H Ningappa will join Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday morning, said former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that the BJP is using organisations like the IT Department, ED, and CBI to weaken the Congress Party as the party is scared of losing the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
"Congress government has many contradictions within it. The rivalry between Karnatka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar groups is less with the BJP and more within their party. The Congress government will itself fall after elections."
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minster D K Shivakumar has claimed that the state government is fulfilling all five guarantees or pre-poll promises, around which Congress had structured its campaign ahead of state assembly polls in 2023.
In a push-back against allegations of fiscal bias against Congress-ruled Karnataka and non-provision of funds, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday every penny due to the state is accounted for and was released on time.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the state government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to immediately release grants under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the state, which is witnessing drought-like condit
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 Congress party has not paid income tax every year and hence, the Income Tax department has done its duty. By not following the rules, the Congress leaders were trying to mislead the people. The problem would not have arisen if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told his party leaders to follow