New Delhi : The Congress on Thursday accused Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala of “murdering democracy in broad daylight” and “sacrificing” the Constitution and democracy for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to prove its majority in the Karnataka Assembly by Friday “if the party has courage of conviction”. Talking to […]
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Yeddyurappa stakes claim to form BJP government in Karnataka
Bengaluru : The BJP’s Chief Ministerial face, B.S. Yeddyurappa, on Wednesday staked claim to form the new government in Karnataka. “We have staked claim to form the government as the single largest party with 104 newly elected legislators,” Yeddyurappa told reporters here after meeting Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Raj Bhavan. Earlier in the day, […]
Karnataka BJP MLAs elect Yeddyurappa as their leader
Bengaluru : The newly elected Karnataka BJP legislators on Wednesday formally elected B.S. Yeddyurappa as the legislative party leader, party spokesman S. Shantharam said. Yeddyurappa was already the Chief Ministerial face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Karnataka Assembly elections held on May 12. “We will later meet Governor Vajubhai R. Vala and stake […]
BJP’s Karnataka performance extraordinary: Modi
New Delhi : Dubbing the BJP performance in Karnataka as “extraordinary”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the state’s people gave a befitting reply to the Congress. Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters here, Modi took a dig at the Congress, saying that a perception was created by the party which ruled the […]
How Karnataka Dalit, Lingayat cards didn’t work for Congress
New Delhi : Two of the major chunks of voters that the Congress was banking on in Karnataka were Dalits and Lingayats and on Tuesday as election results were declared both appeared to have voted in large numbers for the BJP. In fact, the Congress in 2013 rose to power in the southern state with […]
Karnataka rejected Congress’s corruption, divisive casteism: Amit Shah
New Delhi : BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the people of Karnataka rejected the Congress’s corruption and divisive politics by voting the saffron party as the single largest party in the 224-member Assembly. “I thank people of Karnataka for voting BJP as the single largest party. This mandate clearly reflects that Karnataka […]
Congress concedes defeat in Karnataka
Bengaluru : As the vote count in the Karnataka Assembly polls showed the BJP crossing the half-way mark, the ruling Congress on Tuesday conceded defeat. Energy Minister and Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar told the media here that the numbers indicated that his party was on the way out after five years in power. Published on May […]
BJP surges in Karnataka, Congress stunned
Bengaluru : The BJP dramatically surged ahead towards the victory mark in the Karnataka Assembly election on Tuesday, leaving the ruling Congress badly bruised and the JD-S at the third spot, officials said. Reports from counting centres across the southern state showed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates were on the winning track in 105 […]
Expectations of BJP victory in Karnataka lifts equity indices
Mumbai : Expectations of a BJP victory in Karnataka assembly election lifted the key Indian equity indices during the morning trade session on Tuesday. According to market observers, broadly subdued Asian indices, and disappointing macro-economic inflation data points released on Monday capped gains. Sector-wise, healthy buying was witnessed in banking, capital goods, metals, consumer durables […]
BJP leads in Karnataka vote count
Bengaluru : The BJP was ahead of the ruling Congress on Tuesday as officials counted the millions of votes polled in the Karnataka Assembly election, leaving the JD-S far behind, officials said. Determined to make a comeback in its only southern bastion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 98 seats and the Congress […]