NEW DELHI: Congress MLA Basavaraju V Shivaganga on Sunday claimed that deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar will ascend to the position of chief minister by December. He predicted that Shivakumar would continue as chief minister for 7.5 years from December, anticipating the party’s success in forthcoming Assembly elections.“Write it down, it will happen by…
DK Shivakumar and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday strongly opposed the proposed nation-wide delimitation exercise, alleging that the central government aims to reduce Lok Sabha seats in southern states.“The Congress party opposes delimitation. They (Centre) want to reduce the seats of the Southern states….
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday hit out at Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar accusing him of “shoving women workers as if they were cattle.” Taking to X, BJP’s Amit Malviya shared a video of Shivakumar, where he was seen pushing women workers and making fierce gestures to move them aside…
NEW DELHI: A fresh controversy erupted between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress over alleged “incorrect depiction” of the Indian maps displayed by the grand old party to commemorate the centenary of the 1924 Congress session in Karnataka‘s Belagavi. Taking to X, BJP lashed out at the Wayanad MP saying, “RaGa’s Mohabbat ki Dukaan is…
Close on the heels of the Congress’s bypoll sweep in Karnataka, Chief Minister SIDDARAMAIAH speaks to India Today’s RAJ CHENGAPPA and AJAY SUKUMARAN on his government’s achievements, challenges and priorities. Edited excerpts of the interview: NEW EQUATION Siddaramaiah and (right) Shivakumar at an event in Bengaluru, Dec. 3 ISSUE DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | UPDATED:…
December is when government officials and their departments at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru pack up for a two-week sojourn in the northern city of Belagavi, 500-odd km away. There, a replica of Karnataka’s stately secretariat—the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha—hosts the winter session of the state legislature. On December 6, late into the final Friday evening before…