Siddaramaiah, sworn in today as the new Karnataka chief minister, has the twin responsibilities of delivering a clean government and cementing the Congress party's fortunes in the next general elections. With both the UPA-2 and the last Karnataka government being badgered by vever-ending scams and scandals, he surely has his task cut out. Sachidananda Murthy, resident editor, Malayala Manorama and The Week, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Past CM's who have concentrated only on Bangalore have lost elections in a big way.. What should be the approach of Siddaramaiah? Asked by: Ganesh
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07:13 PM, May 13, 2013
A lot of people are predicting that the BJP government is on its way out in Karnataka and the Congress is stated to make a strong comeback. Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Will BSY emerge as king maker.. Asked by: Radhe A. Doubt it Radhe. At best he and his party could be a spoiler in this...
08:01 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Karnataka goes for Assembly elections on May 5. Professor of Economics & Social Sciences at IIM Bangalore MV Rajeev Gowda joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. I feel Congress will win 132 seats and JDS will come second .Do you agrees Asked by: shafivullah A. Your Congress prediction seems accurate. Second place will likely be shared by the BJP and JDS, with the BJP ahead by...
07:32 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Narendar Pani, Professor, School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka Assembly elections 2013. Q. Simple question, who will win? Asked by: feroz A. The general expectation is that this election is for the Congress to lose. The number of politicians from all parties seeking a Congress ticket supports this view. The trouble for the Congress is that it has...
07:17 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his two sons will appear before a CBI court on Saturday over allegations of receiving kickbacks for giving undue favour to the South West Mining Company when Yeddyurappa's was in office. ...
09:03 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Karnataka KS Eshwarappa said the party has become "free and pure" after the exit of BS Yeddyurappa. Referring to Yeddyurappa, Eshwarappa, who resigned as state unit BJP President earlier in March, said the party's workers and well-wishers were earlier pained on two fronts -- confusion over state leadership and people facing corruption charges. ...
10:56 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka civic polls. ...
06:41 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday asserted there was no threat to his government in the wake of resignation by some BJP MLAs and he would be presenting his maiden budget on February 8. "There is no threat to the government. On February 8 I am going to present the budget. Nothing to worry," he told reporters after Governor HR Bhardwaj's address to the joint state legislature session here....
01:50 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah accepted the resignations of 13 MLAs who owe allegiance to former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Tuesday night. This has worsened the crisis for the Bharatiya Janata Party government, which is now left with support of only 108 MLAs in the 223 member Assembly. ...
11:38 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah will on Tuesday morning meet BS Yeddyurappa loyalists after two Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs filed a petition on Monday seeking disqualification of the loyalists for being involved in alleged anti-party activities. The BJP MLAs claimed to have documentary evidence to prove that the 12 MLAs loyal to Yeddyurappa attended the December 9 rally of the Karnataka Janata Party in Haveri. ...
09:15 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Jagadish Shettar will meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Monday even as the Karnataka Chief Minister struggles to keep his government afloat with 14 MLAs threatening to resign. The Karnataka government is in danger of falling if the Assembly Speaker accepts their resignation. ...
09:01 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Jagadish Shettar will meet Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh on Saturday night even as the Karnataka Chief Minister struggles to keep his government afloat with 14 MLAs threatening to resign. The Karnataka government is in danger of falling if the Assembly Speaker accepts their resignation. ...
05:55 PM, Jan 27, 2013
The BJP government in Karnataka on Saturday struck at supporters of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa by sacking cooperation minister BJ Puttaswamy and suspending Lok Sabha member G Basavaraj from the party. ...
04:28 PM, Dec 08, 2012
The ruling BJP in Karnataka is bracing for a split as former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa will quit the party on Friday to launch his own outfit on Dec 9. ...
01:41 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Karnataka High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's two sons and son-in-law, co-accused in a case over alleged irregularities in awarding of contracts for the Upper Bhadra irrigation project. ...
12:25 AM, Nov 29, 2012
emaining firm on floating his party, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday said the BJP was free to expel him any time. ...
05:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Bangalore: With the impending exit of its rebel leader BS Yeddyurappa weighing heavily on its mind, the BJP on Saturday discussed its possible fallout and decided to take disciplinary action against those violating party discipline. At a day-long meeting to prepare the party for the assembly polls, most leaders voiced concern over Yeddyurappa forming his regional party and its impact on BJP and wanted the central leadership to retain him....
09:09 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Bangalore: A last ditch effort by BJP to prevent BS Yeddyurappa from quitting the party has apparently failed with the former Karnataka chief minister today sticking to his decision to float a new party on December 9. Yeddyurappa, who was made to step down as the Chief Minister in 2011, virtually shut the doors of negotiations, declaring he has already travelled a lot of distance in moving away from BJP...
11:48 AM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Karnataka High Court on Monday is set to hear the bail petitions filed by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family members. They were questioned by the CBI regarding their alleged involvement in the granting of mining licenses to private companies, land grabbing and illegal denotifications. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's two sons and son-in-law in...
07:39 AM, Jun 18, 2012
Bangalore: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday questioned former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's two sons and son-in-law in connection with its probe into illegal mining. "Yeddyurappa's sons BY Raghavendra, a sitting MP, BY Vijendra and son-in-law RN Sohan Kumar were questioned by the CBI for well over three hours", CBI sources said. The three arrived separately at different time slots allotted to them by the CBI and...
07:57 AM, Jun 17, 2012
