Sadananda Gowda

Karnataka: No assurance to BSY for CM's post

Bangalore: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reeling under another crisis in Karnataka, party president Nitin Gadkari met former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda in Bangalore on Friday. This came after issued an ultimatum to his party. The BJP is now in a huddle with all its MLAs and MPs to try and solve the crisis. Sources have said that Gadkari has given no assurance to...  

BSY luncheon not important, Says Gowda

Bangalore/Mangalore: Unperturbed at the luncheon meeting hosted by former CM BS Yeddyurappa for his confidants in an effort to stage a comeback, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda described it as "just another" meeting, averring that importance need not be attached to such events. He addressed the media on the sidelines of a function on Thursday, "Yeddyurappa is my leader and I hold him in high esteem. Such meetings have been...  

BSY's ultimatum: Make me K'taka CM by Feb 27

Bangalore: A crisis seems to be brewing within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has issued an ultimatum to his party. According to sources, Yeddyurappa has said that he should be reinstated as the Chief Minister by the February 27, failing which he will decide on his future course of action. He also said that Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda was getting too close for...  

Karnataka BJP to hold 'chinthan manthan'

Bangalore: Hit by a barrage of allegations of corruption and intense power struggle among its leaders, the ruling BJP in Karnataka is holding a two-day brainstorming session to give lessons on morality and discipline to its legislators from Friday. The 'Chintan Manthan' will engage in serious talk with MLAs, MLCs and MPs at a private resort in Bangalore to refurbish the party's image which took a severe beating recently after...  

Make me CM by Feb 27 or I'll go my way: Yeddy

Bangalore: Serving an ultimatum, BJP strongman of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday set February 27 as a deadline to the party's central leadership to reinstate him as chief minister, failing which he would decide on his course of action. At a meeting of legislators convened by him at his Race Course residence, an apparently restless Yeddyurappa gave a piece of his mind and exhorted his supporters to exert pressure on...  

Karnataka: BSY trying to remove CM Gowda?

New Delhi: A political storm is brewing in Karnataka. Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is now reportedly trying to remove his own nominee Sadananda Gowda from the post. Sources said that he will try to put pressure on Nitin Gadkari when the BJP president visits Bangalore on Thursday. Denying any cold war between him and his predecessor, Gowda had earlier said all aspects of governance as well as coordination with...  

Sadananda became CM by luck: Yeddyurappa

Bangalore: The power struggle within the ruling BJP in Karnataka intensified with sulking former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday taking a dig at his successor DV Sadananda Gowda, saying luck propelled him to the post. "It is true that Sadananda Gowda rose to the Chief Minister's post by virtue of his luck. Even former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy too became the Chief Minister by his luck. I have no...  

Sleaze row: BJP to hold training for ministers

Bangalore: Reeling under the porngate scandal involving three of its members, the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to hold a training session for its ministers and legislators to teach them discipline and morality. The Core Committee meeting held at 'Krishna', the official residence of Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, decided to conduct the 'chintan-manthan' session, a brain storming session during which its ministers and legislators would get lessons...  

K'taka MLAs seek more time to reply to showcause

Bangalore: Three former Karnataka Ministers on Monday sought a week's extension to file reply to the showcause notices issued by Speaker KG Bopaiah on the porn-watching episode in the Legislative Assembly. The three, Lakshman S Savadi, CC Patil and J Krishna Palemar sent a letter to the Legislative Assembly Secretariat in this regard. They were last week directed by the Speaker to file the reply by Monday. Assembly Secretary P...  

K'taka to begin fresh Lokayukta selection process

Mangalore: After its vain bid to install former Kerala Chief Justice SR Bannurmath as the Lokayukta, Karnataka Government is set to start afresh on Monday the consultation process for picking a new candidate and hoped to complete the exercise in about ten days. The government has decided to scout for a new candidate in view of Bannurmath's choice being rejected by Governor HR Bhardwaj and the former judge himself opting...  

BJP makes Karnataka turf for scams, self-goals

Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be turning Karnataka from its 'gateway to the south' into its playground for scandals and self-goals. As of now scams outnumber self-goals but both appear to impact the party with the same intensity. As the outrage over three ministers being involved in sleazegate continued, came the shocker that the party tried to pressure a senior advocate to give up prosecuting Tamil Nadu...  

Karnataka sleaze row leaves BJP embarrassed

Bangalore: A day after three Karnataka BJP ministers were caught watching an obscene clip in the Assembly, the party has shown them the door. Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till the probe into the matter is over. A six-member committee has been formed to look into the matter and the...  

Sleaze row: K'taka ministers barred from Assembly

Bangalore: Three ministers, CC Patil, Lakshmana Savadi and Krishna Palemar, who were caught watching porn in the Karnataka Assembly have been barred from attending the Assembly till probe is over into the matter. A six-member committee has been formed to look into the matter and the Assembly was adjourned sine die on Wednesday. The six-member committee will submit its report by March 12. Earlier on Wednesday, there was a ruckus...  

Karnataka CM promises law for rural service

Banglore: To ensure proper medical services in rural areas, the state government is mulling over introducing a legislation in the next session, making minimum service at the taluk and district levels mandatory for new medical graduates. Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, while informing this in the Assembly in reply to a call attention notice raised by Congress member N Sampangi on providing adequate medical facilities, said that the legislation...  

Gadkari speaks to Gowda on porn-watching ministers

New Delhi: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday night spoke to Karnataka Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda over phone on the issue of two ministers of the state being caught on TV camera watching allegedly porn clippings on mobile phone during state Assembly proceedings in Bangalore. Sources close to Gadkari said he also spoke to the party's state unit chief KS Eswarappa on the incident. Gadkari, who is on campaign trail...  

'Speaker should act against ministers if found guilty'

Chikmagalur: Pleading ignorance about an incident of two of his ministerial colleagues caught on camera allegedly watching porn clippings in Assembly, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday said it was for the Speaker to take action against them if they were found guilty. In a guarded reaction, Gowda, in Chikmagalur to participate in some public functions, said he was yet to learn about the incident and had so far...  

It's letter versus spirit of law in Karnataka

Bangalore: Karnataka is caught in a classic case of letter of law versus spirit of law over appointment of a new Lokayukta for four months and an early solution to the issue is not in sight. The law says the governor appoints the Lokayukta or ombudsman on the recommendation of the government. The government has to suggest the name after consultation among six people - the chief minister, the chief...  

Karnataka budget presentation on March 9

Hubli: Karnataka's 2012-13 annual budget proposals will presented to the state assembly on March 9, Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said on Friday. Speaking to reporters on his arrival to attend a function in Hubli, he said preparations for budget presentation were on. Gowda, who would be presenting his first ever budget as Finance Minister sought to spike rumours over change of guard in the state and asserted "I will...  

Karnataka: CM issue refuses to die down in BJP

Belgaum: The issue of who would occupy the chief minister's post in the near future simply refuses to die down in the BJP. On Tuesday, state BJP president KS Eshwarappa said that none from the party or the Sangh Parivar has opposed former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa chief ministerial ambitions. "Minister MP Renukacharya and MLA Suresh Gowda have been warned against making statements on the issue," he added. On senior...  

RSS, not BJP high command, rules Karnataka

Bangalore: The more the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asserts that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) does not involve itself in its internal affairs, the greater the chances that it does - and publicly. In Karnataka, the only state the BJP is ruling in southern India, it is the RSS that is calling the shots, and not the party "high command", in disciplining the warring groups in the state unit. With...