Bhaskar Hegde
Caste conflict at its peak in state?
As hundreds of Vokkaligas swarmed the streets of Bengaluru on Monday vociferously supporting their community leader— outgoing Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda — the fearful question in many minds was wh
BJP has always respected Vokkaliga sentiments: Ashok
Through the internal crisis in the BJP, home and transport minister R. Ashok maintained a stoic silence which made both factions count on him. His standard answer to the media was that the party shoul
Shettar, it’s unofficial
Karnataka will have a new chief minister in Hubli’s native son Jagadish Shettar, expected to be sworn in before the assembly convenes for the monsoon session on July 16. Opposition from the lone naysa
K’taka change of guard likely by monday?
Amid strong indications emerging from the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi that Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda may have to make way for rural development minister Jagadish Shettar, the Lingayat leader from Hubli is said to have stayed on in Delhi to finalise his Cabinet and other appointments which will give Mr Gowda an honourable exit.
Gowda hints it’s all over for him
Amid strong indications emerging from the BJP HQ in New Delhi that Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda may have to make way for rural development minister Jagadish Shettar, the Lingayat leader from Hubli i
‘70% of our MLAs are scared of polls’
Smal scale industries minister Narasimha Nayak, popularly known as Raju Gowda, is considered a staunch supporter of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and is one of those who knows his leader’s mi
‘Lingayats want me as KPCC chief’
Rarely does one see the traits of a hardcore politician in him. He does not look like a businessman either, though he is a remarkably successful entrepreneur. Some in the Congress jocularly remark tha
BJP wins but lotus has its revenge
The ruling BJP which had engineered Operation Kamala to lure MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) to come to power in 2008, got a taste of its own medicine on Monday when as many as 12 of its MLAs cross-v
‘If I have erred, I will try to correct myself’
Controversies do not spare anyone, not even the soft spoken and affable KPCC president Dr G. Parameshwar. The Congress MLA from Koratagere in Tumkur district, was in the thick of a controversy recentl
Congmen want Mistry shunted out
Emboldened by the presence of AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi at an interactive session with them, several Congress workers complained against the style of functioning of KPCC president Dr G. P
