Tag: BS Yeddyurappa

Second Cabinet expansion after PM, Amit Shah’s nod, says Yeddyurappa

Yeddyurappa had promised ministerial berths to all the rebel members of JD(S)-Congress alliance who helped the BJP to come in power, whom the party later gave tickets to contest the bypolls.

December 10, 2019

Will take oath as Karnataka CM at 6 pm, Governor ‘has agreed’, says BS Yeddyurappa

The 14-month-old Congress-JD(S) government lost the trust vote by 105-99 in the House on Tuesday after three weeks of intense power struggle in the state.

July 26, 2019

No govt in Karnataka yet, BJP leaders meet Amit Shah in Delhi; state may have President’s rule

Amit Shah has asked them to meet again at 3 pm to have a further discussion after which the final decision will be taken in the Parliamentary Board meeting.

July 25, 2019

Karnataka BJP to elect Yeddyurappa as legislative leader, may stake claim to form govt today

After a long tug of war between the coalition government and the BJP, which also reached the Supreme court, the Karnataka government fell on Tuesday after a trust vote to prove its majority.

July 24, 2019

Twenty Congress MLAs will not stay in Kumaraswamy govt after 23 May: BS Yeddyurappa

At a press conference on Monday, Congress leader Venugopal claimed that some BJP MLAs will join the grand old party on their own after 23 May.

May 14, 2019

Claims fake, planted by Congress for poll gains: Yeddyurappa on Rs 1,800 payoffs charge

Surjewala targeted the BJP over a diary which allegedly contains the details of a transaction between the top BJP leadership and Yeddyurappa when the latter was the CM of Karnataka.

March 22, 2019

Yeddyurappa paid Rs 1800 crore bribe to BJP leadership, alleges Congress

Randeep Singh Surjewala targeted the BJP over a diary which allegedly contains the details of a transaction between the top BJP leadership and Yeddyurappa.

March 22, 2019

LS polls | Will form govt in Karnataka within 24 hrs if BJP wins 22 seats: Yeddyurappa

Voting for the Lok Sabha elections will be held across India in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the result will be declared on May 23.

March 13, 2019

Under fire, Yeddyurappa says no question of seeking electoral gains from air strike

Facing flak for linking India's air strike on terror camps in Pakistan with BJP's prospects in Lok Sabha polls, party Karnataka chief BS Yeddyurappa Thursday said there was no question of seeking electoral gains and the nation came first to him.

February 28, 2019

IAF strike to safeguard nation, not to win elections: VK Singh to BJP colleague BS Yeddyurappa

Union Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier slammed the Opposition for claiming that the BJP government was politicising the situation.

February 28, 2019

IAF airstrikes will help BJP win 22 of 28 LS seats in Karnataka: BS Yeddyurappa

'Yesterday's action of destroying terror hideouts by entering inside Pakistan has resulted in a pro-Modi wave in the country,' Yeddyurappa said.

February 28, 2019

HD Kumaraswamy announces SIT probe into ‘bribery audio’ featuring Yeddyurappa

The political war over charges of horse-trading had escalated in Karnataka Friday with HD Kumaraswamy releasing an audio clip in which Yeddyurappa is purportedly trying to lure a JD(S) MLA for destabilising the coalition government.

February 11, 2019

Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar slams BJP day after Yeddyurappa’s accusation

The Karnataka Congress had on Sunday claimed that the BJP was indulging in ‘Operation Lotus’. Rubbishing the allegations, BS Yeddyurappa had on Monday counter-accused the Congress-JD(S) alliance of trying to lure BJP MLAs.

January 15, 2019

Kumaraswamy says ‘kill them mercilessly’ remark was an emotional outburst

Soon after the video of the CM went viral, Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa slammed Kumaraswamy for his remarks.

December 25, 2018

Tipu Jayanti celebrations set to court controversy yet again

The government should instead, the BJP has suggested, honour eminent Muslim personalities like Dr A P J Abdul Kalam or the war hero and martyr, Abdul Hamid.

November 6, 2018

Karnataka bypolls | Voting underway; Yeddyurappa says son will win in Shivamogga

The bypolls for the three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly segments began at 7 am and will go on till 6 pm.

November 3, 2018

Cong-JD(S) unity heats up political scenario in K’taka; BJP adopting methods to win seats

CM accused the BJP of resorting to Operation Kamal, an exercise known for luring Opp MLA's to switch sides through allurements.

September 17, 2018