A few minutes after JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy met the top BJP leadership in New Delhi to cement a deal with them for the next Lok Sabha elections, someone in Karnataka joked that JDS should change its name to JDC or Janata Dal “Communal”. Jokes apart, it was a serious statement, given that the JDS…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. (File photo/PTI) ”Our party has a high command, Chief Minister appointed me as Deputy CM, he has certain guidance. Many will have desire…everyone will have desire. There are people to respond to it,” Shivakumar told reporters who asked for his response to Rajanna’s statements Deputy Chief Minister D K…
Last Updated: September 20, 2023, 16:27 IST DK Shivakumar wanted to keep the momentum till the Parliament elections and deliver yet another death blow to the JDS. However, the current Cauvery crisis has dashed his hopes. (PTI) The failed monsoon has made the deputy chief minister’s portfolios a big burden and any water scarcity will…
Last Updated: September 17, 2023, 16:57 IST Currently, DK Shivakumar, who belongs to the Vokkaliga community is the deputy CM in Karnataka’s four-month-old cabinet. (File photo/PTI) (File Photo/ PTI) Rajanna, a close associate of Chief Minister Siddaramalah suggested three more DCMs from the Veerashaiva Lingayat, SC/ST, and minority communities, asserting that the move will help…
HD Deve Gowda’s party, the JD(S), lost deposits in two-thirds of the seats it contested in the Karnataka Assembly elections earlier this year, paving the way for a Congress win in the state, data from an analytical report by the Election Commission (EC) shows. For long, the political wisdom from Karnataka elections was that the…
Last Updated: September 06, 2023, 19:11 IST Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. (File photo/PTI) Amid the India-Bharat naming row, he took a swipe at the BJP-led government at the Centre questioning them as to which of their promises were fulfilled Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said changing the name of the…
Amid speculations of ‘Operation Hasta’ going on in Karnataka to woo BJP leaders to join the Congress, former BJP Minister BC Patil and ex-MLA Narasimha Naik met Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar during the birthday party of noted Kannada film actor Sudeep Sanjeev, who is popularly known as ‘Kiccha’ Sudeep. However, Patil and Naik on…
The Congress government in Karnataka launched its most ambitious Griha Lakshmi scheme, under which woman head of every family gets Rs 2,000 per month, in the presence of party leader Rahul Gandhi in Mysore on Wednesday. ALSO READ | Karnataka Congress Leaders Deny ‘Operation Hasta’ Buzz, But Ghar Wapsi of MLAs May Give Party Upper…
With the launch of Griha Lakshmi scheme in Mysuru today, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, in an interview with News18, said the Congress has set up the ‘Karnataka model’, which can be emulated by other states. “This will change their lives, social and economic status,” the minister said. As the Congress completes 100 days…
BENGALURU: The handling of the Cauvery dispute by the Congress government in Karnataka is likely to prove to be a setback for it. The party, on cloud nine following the implementation of its guarantee schemes one after the other, is facing a backlash in the Cauvery catchment area in the south Karnataka region. While the…