Congress spokesperson Surjewala in a tweet said, "BJP’s Karnataka manifesto is a classic case of 0+0=0 (Copy of 2014 ModiFesto + 2018 Yeddy-Reddy Festo = 0)".
May 4, 2018In a surprise announcement, BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa said on Monday that his son BY Vijayendra would not contest from Varuna constituency in Mysuru against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Yatindra, triggering angry protests from party workers that led to a police lathicharge.
April 23, 2018The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Chief Ministerial candidate for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls, B.S. Yeddyurappa, on Thursday filed his nomination papers from Shikaripura Assembly segment, a party official said. “Yeddyurappa has filed his nomination from Shikaripura constituency,” the party’s state spokesman S. Shantharam told IANS here. He will be contesting from his hometown …
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April 19, 2018The Congress on Monday moved the Election Commission (EC)demanding registration of case against BJP chief Amit Shah and party’s chief ministerial candidate in Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa and two others for alleged violation of model code of conduct (MCC) ahead of the assembly polls in the state. In its petition to the poll panel, the party …
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April 3, 2018Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday dared BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa to contest from the Varuna constituency here in the May 12 assembly election. “I challenge Yeddyurappa to contest from Varuna if he is so sure of winning instead of fielding his second son (B.Y. Vijayendra) against my son Yathindra,” Siddaramaiah told reporters …
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April 3, 2018Earlier in the day, Shah took the blessings of Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of Sri Suttur Math in Mysuru.
March 30, 2018Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party and exclaimed that party’s campaign in Karnataka is off to a fabulous start. The Gandhi took to Twitter and shared the video in which BJP chief Amit Shah can be seen saying that the “Yeddyurappa government is the most corrupt”. “Now …
March 27, 2018BJP chief Amit Shah’s ‘slip-of-tongue’ moment while addressing a press conference in Davanagere on Tuesday left the party and its state chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa embarrassed. While launching an attack on the Congress government, Shah said: “Recently a retired Supreme Court judge said if there was ever a competition of the most corrupt government …
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March 27, 2018Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said the state government’s move to grant religious minority status to the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community was a “election gimmick” and accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of dividing people on emotional issues. Yeddyurappa is a Lingayat strongman and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate for the coming Karnataka Assembly polls. He also …
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March 21, 2018Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday called Congress chief Rahul Gandhi a “bacha” (kid) and went on to announce that his party will win over 150 of the 224 Assembly seats in the poll-bound state. Addressing a public meeting, Yeddyurappa who is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) chief ministerial candidate …
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February 21, 2018Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a clarion call to the people of Karnataka to overthrow the Congress government in the state, Chief Minister Siddramaiah took to Twitter to fire a slew of questions to the PM. In one of his tweets, Siddaramaiah asks PM Modi to “walk the talk”. “I am glad …
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February 6, 2018Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa will be Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming state assembly polls, party chief Amit Shah announced on Friday. Karnataka, which is currently headed by Congress’ K Siddaramaiah, will go for elections in May 2018. “It (Karnataka election) will be fought under Yeddyurappa,” Shah said to …
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May 26, 2017