Serving anxious moments to the BJP government in Karnataka, party MLA Basavaraj Patil Attur, a known loyalist of former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on December 28 announced that he would resign his assembly membership. The announcement by Attur, a former Minister, came a day after Shettar and other BJP leaders dismissed the threat to government and also took a dig at the January 4 deadline set by KJP supremo Yeddyurappa....
06:02 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his supporters have been detained by the Bangalore Police, as they marched to the governor's residence on Wednesday demanding the current BJP government in the state be sacked. Yeddyurappa has floated a new party, the Karnataka Janata Party, ahead of state elections that are due in the first quarter of 2013. ...
08:45 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Belgaum: Former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Sunday dared BJP to sack the 13 MLAs who attended the formal launch of his KJP party at Haveri on December 9. "I dare BJP to sack the 13 MLAs who defied the party and attended the launch of my Karnataka Janata Party at Haveri on December 9," he said at the airport in Belgaum. Fearing loss of numbers, BJP's state core meeting...
02:39 AM, Dec 17, 2012
Belgaum: Karanataka's ruling BJP will on Wednesday decide on action to be taken against 14 of its assembly members for defying a diktat to stay away from the formal launch of former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's new party. Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief KS Eshwarappa, former chief minister DV Sadananda Gowda and other leaders will meet in the north Karnataka town, about 500 km from Bangalore,...
01:30 AM, Dec 12, 2012
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
Haveri: The BJP government in Karnataka is in trouble after 13 MLAs, defying the party, threw their lot behind former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who formally launched his Karnataka Janata Party at a mega rally in Haveri on Sunday. Thirteen loyalist MLAs of Yeddyurappa, who quit the BJP ten days ago, shared the dais with him in an open defiance, putting the ruling BJP in a quandary as it had...
05:41 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Bangalore: The BJP is gearing up for the possible fall of its government in Karnataka with its former leader B S Yeddyurappa launching his own party on Sunday. The 69-year-old ex-Chief Minister quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Nov 30 to form and lead the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP). Yeddyurappa was upset at not being made BJP chief of the Karnataka unit after he was forced to give up...
10:03 AM, Dec 08, 2012
Bangalore: After months of keeping everyone guessing, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has finally made his exit from the BJP. It was an emotional and dramatic farewell for the man who had propelled the party to power for the first time. With his eyes firmly on the next Assembly election five months away, Yeddyurappa is already building up public sentiment for his new party, the Karnataka Janata Party. "Now...
11:12 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Belgaum: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R Ashok on Friday said former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's departure would have no bearing on BJP government and KJP does not have any future. "Yeddyurappa's departure will not make any impact on BJP government and Karnataka Janata Party has no future," Ashok told reporters. Taking an indirect swipe at Yeddyurappa, Ashok said the BJP is a national party and not built by an individual....
07:34 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Bangalore: Dealing a severe blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in South India, former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday ended his 40-year-long relationship with the party. He formally resigned from the party and faxed the letter to BJP President Nitin Gakdari. He has also quit from the Karnataka Assembly. After announcing his resignation from the BJP, the 70-year-old Lingayat leader addressed his supporters at the freedom park...
11:59 AM, Nov 30, 2012
From being the BJP's lone MLA in the state Assembly 25 years ago to BJP's first chief minister in the entire South, BS Yeddyurappa has seen it all. This powerful public orator and a political organiser had single-handedly built the saffron party in Karnataka over the past 30 years. It was not a small achievement in a state, which was completely opposed to the right wing politics till the mid...
11:33 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Bangalore: Estranged Karnataka BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa, who is set to resign from primary membership of the party, on Friday became emotional as he recalled his long association with the party even as he trained his guns at BJP leaders for hatching a "conspiracy" against him. "The party has given everything to me. And I have sacrificed my life to build my previous party (BJP)", he said, fighting back tears....
10:55 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Bangalore: Rebel BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is all set to resign from the party and his Assembly membership on Friday. A huge procession has been planned outside the State Assembly where the 70-year-old leader will formally end his 40-year old association with the BJP. He is set to launch his party, the Karnataka Janata Party on December 9. Yeddyurappa's exit is expected to put the...
08:47 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Bangalore: 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. The 69-year-old Yeddyurappa, credited with leading the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the state for the first time in May 2008, is also resigning as an assembly member on Friday. The new party, Karnataka Janata Party (KJP),...
01:41 PM, Nov 29, 2012
New Delhi: Ex-Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has said that he will resign from the BJP on Friday, November 20. The BJP strongman was in Bidar to drum up support for his new regional outfit Karnataka Janatha Paksha (KJP). Addressing a gathering, Yeddyurappa urged the MPs from the state unit to secure passage of Constitution Amendment to Article 371 to ensure development of north Karnataka region. He said that the...
03:23 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Gulbarga: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Friday said though regional parties were a "failure' in the state earlier, Karnataka Janata Party, the new party to be launched by him next month, would play a stellar role in the changed political scenario. "Though regional parties have failed to sustain themselves earlier in Karnataka, Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) will play a vital role in changed political scenario in the state,"...
10:57 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Former BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa is set to appoint expelled party leader V Dhananjay as the interim president of his new party, the Karnataka Janata Paksha. Though the party has not yet been launched, Dhananjay will be appointed on Friday. Yeddyurappa will take over as party president on December 10, after he officially quits the BJP. The disgruntled BJP strongman on Thursday termed the Jagadish Shettar ministry as...
09:59 PM, Nov 08, 2012
