Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Sunday appealed to party functionaries not to bring delegations to him seeking ministerial berths for legislators, asserting that the high command’s decision would be final.The appeal came after supporters of Hungund MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar met Shivakumar at his official residence urging him to induct the legislator into the cabinet.Shivakumar told…
Belagavi: Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi on Friday expressed surprise over the large-scale Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on excise department additional commissioner Y Manjunath, his relatives, and associated premises.Addressing mediapersons here, Jarkiholi termed the operation unprecedented, stating that such an extensive ED action against a state govt official on corruption charges was rare. “This is…
Bengaluru: From being a political recluse in 2016 to becoming a cabinet minister and torchbearer of his father, former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s legacy, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, 45, has come a long way in a short time.While Yathindra believes it is hard to walk out of his father’s shadow, he says he can and will carve out…
BENGALURU: From being a political recluse in 2016 to becoming a cabinet minister and torchbearer of his father, former chief minister Siddaramaiah’s legacy, the 45-year-old Yathindra Siddaramaiah has come a long way in a short time.While he believes it is hard to walk out of his father’s shadow, Yathindra believes he can and will carve…
Replacing Siddaramaiah with DK Shivakumar as Karnataka CM could challenge Congress’s core Ahinda support base. BENGALURU: The move to replace chief minister Siddaramaiah with DK Shivakumar is likely to create more political challenges than benefits for Congress in Karnataka, considering his strong mass appeal among the party’s core Ahinda support base comprising minorities, backward classes…
