The fight for the post of the BJP president seems to have gotten a new twist. Sources said on Saturday that party veteran LK Advani had suggested senior party member and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj's name for the post. ...
06:39 PM, Jan 20, 2013
The fight for the post of the BJP president seems to have gotten a new twist. Sources said on Saturday that party veteran LK Advani had suggested Sushma Swaraj's name for the post. ...
08:07 AM, Jan 20, 2013
New Delhi: In what may be termed a major blow to the Karnataka BJP, sources say that the party will decide on dissolving the state assembly in the next two-three days. Sources said that the Governor will likely put the assembly on suspended animation. The term is used by scientists to describe the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. The Jagadish Shettar government fell in minority after...
11:12 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has finally named former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's aide Jagadish Shettar as the new CM of Karnataka. The selection of the new Chief Minister has, however, not been easy with outgoing CM Sadanand Gowda setting stiff conditions for quitting. According to sources, there may be two deputy chief ministers in the Shettar Cabinet. Current BJP state president Eshwarappa and Gowda's aide R Ashok...
04:54 PM, Jul 10, 2012
DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday resigned from the post of Karnataka CM and BS Yeddyurappa loyalist Jagadish Shettar will replace him. ...
02:00 PM, Jul 08, 2012
New Delhi: With several loyalists of B S Yeddyurappa gunning for his head, Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Monday said he would accept any "direction" issued to him by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership. "Right from the beginning I used to say I am a disciplined soldier of the party. Whatever direction my party gives I am prepared to accept it," he told reporters in New...
05:16 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Bangalore: In a fresh trouble for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, as many as 10 ministers loyal to former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa have threatened to resign from the state Cabinet by Friday evening. The ministers have demanded that the Central leadership should take a call on the change in chief ministership. The ministers have been demanding that Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda be replaced by Yeddrurappa's...
04:39 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central leadership is deputing a two-member team including its senior leader Arun Jaitley to defuse the crisis that has besieged the ruling party in Karnataka in the wake of revolt by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. Jaitley accompanied by Dharmendra Pradhan, who is also in-charge of BJP affairs in Karnataka, will arrive in Bangalore on Friday and during their two-day stay will interact...
05:49 PM, May 17, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka government, it seems, could finally survive the crisis after a late night drama on Thursday at a Goa hotel following which rebel BJP MLAs have indicated that they'll return to the Yeddyurappa fold. Twelve rebels MLAs holed up at the Taj Exotica in Goa held the key to the Yeddyurappa government remaining in majority in the Karnataka Vidhan Soudha. Rebel leader Renukacharya told a local TV station...
06:05 PM, Oct 07, 2010
Yeddyurappa, his main opponent, BJP leaders appear together. ...
04:43 PM, Nov 08, 2009
The Reddy brothers want BJP's first CM in Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, out. ...
12:44 PM, Nov 07, 2009
Bhagwat's reply to question at a press conference had led to controversy. ...
08:19 PM, Oct 28, 2009
Advani and Rajnath Singh will probably make way for new leaders. ...
09:59 PM, Aug 29, 2009
BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke to CNN-IBN. ...
03:00 AM, Aug 29, 2009
Bhagwat said RSS had no desire to interfere in BJP's crisis. ...
02:00 AM, Aug 29, 2009
RSS chief says political parties must chart own course. ...
04:21 PM, Aug 28, 2009
