The suspense over government formation in Karnataka is over. After considering all options and counter claims Governor Vasubhai Vala has invited the BS Yeddyurappa to take oath of the Chief Minister’s post on Thursday. The BJP leader will take oath at 9 am on Thursday in Rajbhawan. The BJP has emerged as the biggest party with … Read more
Even as the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka, it fell 9 seats short of a majority where the Congress dramatically backed third-placed rival JD(S) for a post-poll alliance. All eyes are now on Governor Vajubhai Vala who will have to decide whether to call BJP to try to form the government … Read more
All eyes are now on Governor Vajubhai Vala who will have to decide whether to call BJP to try to form the government or go with the JD(S)-Congress combine, which together have a clear majority in the 224-member Assembly. Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the victory in Karnataka as extraordinary. Addressing party workers … Read more
In his address, BJP president Amit Shah said, after independence, Congress party fought the Karnataka polls in the most unethical way. PM Modi thanked the people of Karnataka and assured them that the BJP will leave no stone unturned in charting the development journey of the state. In the interesting poll battle, what helped BJP … Read more
The decision to send the two leaders to Bengaluru was taken by the BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday. “J P Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan will attend the meeting of newly-elected MLAs of the party at 11 am in Bengaluru. They would be the central observers,” BJP media in-charge Anil Baluni told reporters. With the BJP … Read more
Siddaramaiah barely managed to hang on to the other seat he contested, Badami, beating B. Sreeramulu of the BJP by a slender margin of just over 1600 votes. Despite this the voters of the state did not deliver a decisive mandate, leaving the third party JDS holding all the cards. Of the 222 results declared … Read more
Seeking to throw a spanner in the BJP’s works as the party appeared tantalisingly close to the magic figure of 112, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced Congress’s support to the JD(S). Emerging from a huddle with senior Congress leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Siddaramaiah said,”We have decided that the Congress will extend support to the JD(S) … Read more
