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Congress government will fall in six months, says Yatnal

BJP MLA B.P. Yatnal predicts Congress govt. will fall in 6 mos. due to lack of funds for development & MLAs.

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Likely alliance with JD(S) leaves leadership question in a state of flux again in Karnataka BJP

Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Karnataka seem frustrated at the stagnation within the party, reflected in the delay in choosing the party chief and the legislature party leader, the likely alliance with H.D. Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal (Secular) has set the cat among the pigeons.

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Of ‘adjustment politics’ and race for LoP post

CM Siddaramaiah denies indulging in "adjustment politics" since 1983, says he will quit politics if charge is proved. BJP leader Yatnal claims Congress has failed to implement manifesto, CM retorts, "adjustment politics is not my politics".

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BJP, Congress exchange barbs over ‘business’ of transfers

The Opposition BJP and ruling Congress members indulged in a verbal exchange in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday on the issue of posting of a lower rank officer as the Commissioner of the Vijayapura City Corporation.

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BJP Central observers to steer selection of Leader of Opposition today

Amidst concerns over the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party setting a new precedent of not choosing Leader of the Opposition even after commencement of the legislature session, the two Central observers deputed by the party high command are expected to arrive in Bengaluru on Tuesday to initiate the process.

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Yediyurappa set to fly to Delhi ahead of LP meeting to pick Leader of the Opposition

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will likely elect its floor leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, who will also function as the Leader of the Opposition, on Sunday, on the eve of the Budget session of the Karnataka Legislature.

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BJP identifies 11 leaders making controversial remarks and entrusts BSY with task of making them fall in line

Embarrassed by the episode of its leaders indulging in mud-slinging after the Assembly poll debacle, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has identified 11 leaders who have been making controversial remarks and has entrusted veteran leader B.S. Yediyurappa with the task of making them fall in line with party discipline.

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Infighting in Karnataka BJP comes to the fore as meetings see ruckus in Vijayapura, Bagalkot

BJP party workers’ meetings, held back to back in Vijayapura and Bagalkot on Monday, were disrupted due to the loud arguments between factions led by various leaders, exposing differences within the State unit of the party after the Assembly poll debacle.

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Congress govt. will fall soon, says Yatnal

Internal contradictions will lead to the fall of the Congress government very soon, BJP leader and MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said in Belagavi on Sunday.

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V. Somanna pitches himself for BJP Karnataka chief’s post, raises eyebrows

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader V. Somanna, who lost against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the recently concluded Assembly elections, on Friday staked claim for the party chief’s post. Such an uncharacteristic self-pitch for the party post has raised eyebrows, setting the party circles abuzz.

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Siddaramaiah will remain as CM, won’t transfer power to DKS: Simha

Pratap Simha, Mysuru-Kodagu MP, on Monday said Siddaramaiah will not give the Chief Minister’s post to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at any cost. Mr. Siddaramaiah has made his intents clear through his supporters Ministers M.B. Patil and H.C. Mahadevappa that he would continue in the post for the full…

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BJP’s Basanagouda Patil Yatnal takes oath in the name of Hindutva, Gomata

Though a majority of newly-elect MLAs took oath in the name of God and the Constitution of India, a few of them took oath in the name of voters and local deities.

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Karnataka election results 2023 | In Vijayapura, Congress leads in six of eight seats; BJP, JDS lead in one each

In Vijayapura, the Congress leads in six of the eight seats and the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) [JDS] lead in one each. In Bijapur city seat, the BJP star campaigner Basanagouda Patil Yatnal leads by around 23,000 votes against the Congress nominee Abdul Hamid Musharif.

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BJP voters chanting ‘Jai Bajrang Bali’ while voting

Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, BJP nominee, was among the first to cast his votes in Vijayapura, on Wednesday.

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M.B. Patil criticises Yatnal

M.B. Patil, Congress campaign committee chairman, has criticised BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly making insulting remarks against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

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Between ‘snake’ and ‘maiden’ jibes: Karnataka poll campaign takes the usual ‘poisonous’ turn

As if determined to not disappoint the cynics, the figure of speech is having a wild run in the ongoing Karnataka Assembly poll campaign. The controversies have taken a serpentine turn; the Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has been accused of calling PM Narendra Modi “a poisonous snake” (a comparison that,…

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Congress seeks expulsion of MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal from BJP for calling Sonia Gandhi visha kanya (venomous woman)

BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal is the BJP candidate for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Vijayapura, and is in the list of star campaigners of the party

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Brahmins are the ‘real minorities’: Yatnal

Describing Brahmins as “real minorities” in the country, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, MLA and BJP leade

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Yatnal warns Bommai against touring State with Yediyurappa

The BJP leader criticises Chief Minister for delay in according reservation under 2A category for Lingayat Panchamasali community

The Hindu

PM to be invited to inaugurate Vijayapura airport

Work on the airport has been nearly completed and it is likely to be thrown open in January or February next, says Chief Minister

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Decision on 2A quota after Backward Classes Commission report: CM

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DKS asks BJP leaders to encourage their children to join Agnipath

‘Why do their children want to become engineers and doctors’

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Announce special package for Kittur, Kalyana Karnataka: Seer

Sri Basava Jaya Mrutyunjaya Swami, head of Lingayat Panchamasali Peetha, Kudalasangama, has said that as despite tall claims, North Karnataka region had remained backward, the state government should announce special economic package for the development of “Kalyana and Kittur Karnataka”.

The Hindu

Fighting graft charges in Karnataka

The BJP government, beleaguered by corruption scams, is struggling to shake off the stain on its image

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