Former Chief Minister and BJP Parliamentary Board member B S Yediyurappa on Thursday slammed Opposition leader Siddaramaiah for demanding a ban on the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) on the lines of the Popular Front of India (PFI).
September 29, 2022There was a demand from Mysuru region for Vijayendra to contest elections. "However, as I am vacating the constituency, he will represent it in the upcoming assembly elections," he said earlier.
July 23, 2022A rare gesture by a politician was seen on Sunday in Karnataka. BJP stalwart and former Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa urged Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai to reconsider his decision to name Shivamogga airport after his name.
April 24, 2022The Congress in its legislature party meeting, held earlier in the day, decided to oppose the Bill tooth and nail.
December 21, 2021Opposition leader Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar reached the Vidhana Soudha on bullock carts with their supporters to register their protest against the rising prices of fuel and daily commodities.
September 13, 2021Yediyurappa has announced that after the Ganesh Chaturthi he would take up a tour of the state to strengthen the party keeping in mind the next assembly elections. The tour will begin from the constituencies in which BJP has suffered defeat, Yediyurappa had stated.
August 19, 2021Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Union Ministers Amith Shah, Rajnath Singh, National Organising Secretary B.L. Santhosh, and Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh are expected to hold a party parliamentary board meeting to discuss the new leadership in Karnataka. It is said that the new CM will take an oath by Thursday.
July 27, 2021According to sources in the party, the BJP appointed central observers for the Karnataka Legislative Party meeting to find out a successor of Yediyurappa.
July 26, 2021Yediyurappa tweeted that his decision to step down was his own. Speaking after his visit to the Raj Bhawan, the Interim Chief Minister stated that he voluntarily took the decision to step down from the post to make way for a new CM in the state.
July 26, 2021Yediyurappa's announcement finally brought the curtains down on week-long suspense surrounding his continuation as Karnataka chief minister.
July 26, 2021Yediyurappa, made the announcement teary-eyed. "I am resigning from this post. I am meeting Governor Thavarchand Gehlot after lunch and submitting my resignation.
July 26, 2021"My government has given special attention towards the development of lakes, stormwater drains, and parks in the city. In the coming days, we want all the roads in the city to be developed, we will ensure sufficient funds for it, aimed at all-round development of the city," he told reporters after his city tour.
July 24, 2021This convention is seen as a last-ditch effort to save Yediyurappa from resigning after July 26. Yediyurappa had maintained that he has not received any message from party high command till date but he was in anticipation of their message on July 25 (Sunday) evening, and until then he would be performing his duty.
July 24, 2021Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Basavaraj Bommai said that all those communities, which are not part of the SC/ST/OBC lists, will be eligible to apply for jobs as well as for education seats under the EWS reservation category.
July 23, 2021The CM said that he cannot forget the love and affection bestowed upon him by the seers from cutting across caste lines for two days. "These two days are the most unforgettable days of my life, as no CM could ever boast of such a thing that when they heard the news about my resignation they came in a group and blessed me. What more one can aspire for," he said.
July 22, 2021Yediyurappa had visited Delhi last week and had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and BJP president J.P. Nadda. His Delhi trip had triggered speculations that he is on the way out and the party central leadership is working on a succession plan.
July 22, 2021In another important development, another powerful Congress leader M.B. Patil stated that the BJP will lose the Lingayat vote bank base if they attempt to change the leadership.
July 20, 2021