Tag: BS Yediyurappa

Fresh lease of life

The petitioners contended the Speaker slipped out of his office when they went to the Assembly to tender their resignations on 6 July.

September 30, 2019

‘Vendetta of worst kind’: Karnataka Cong on ED grilling of DK Shivakumar in money laundering case

Shivakumar has been on the radar of the Income Tax Department and the ED since demonetisation in 2016 when an Income Tax search at his Delhi flat led to the seizure of unaccounted cash worth Rs 8.59 crore.

September 3, 2019

Non-governing cabinet

Those who joined the BJP from the erstwhile Janata Party have formed a group under the leadership of Katti to pull down the month-old BJP government if their demands are not met.

August 26, 2019

Karnataka BJP Cabinet expanded with 17 ministers; Governor administers oath of office

The move came days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the expansion of the three-week-old BJP ministry in Karnataka.

August 20, 2019

Lame duck ministry

Yediyurappa is relying on his 2008 experiment by forming the first BJP government in Karnataka when his party won 110 seats, three short of a simple majority.

August 5, 2019

6-time BJP MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri elected new Karnataka Assembly Speaker

Soon after Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won the confidence motion on Monday, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar tendered his resignation.

July 31, 2019

Back in the saddle

The BJP high command made an exception to its 75-year age bar for anyone to hold office in the case of Yediyurappa on account of his extraordinary “talents.”

July 29, 2019

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa wins floor test by voice vote; Speaker resigns

Earlier on Sunday, Yediyurappa had said that he was '100 per cent confident' of proving majority in the House.

July 29, 2019

‘100% majority’, says Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa ahead of floor test today

The trust vote comes a day after Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 rebel legislators belonging to the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S).

July 29, 2019

Karnataka former CM HD Kumaraswamy dismisses talks of support to BJP, calls it ‘baseless’

Chief Minister Yediyurappa will take the trust vote on Monday.

July 28, 2019

New Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to hold floor test on July 29 to prove majority

Yediyurappa was sworn in for the fourth time as the Chief Minister of Karnataka after a long tug of war with the Congress-JD(S) coalition government.

July 27, 2019