Rahul Gandhi Meets Hd Kumaraswamy

Rahul Gandhi broke a self-imposed "ban" and met with leaders like Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar and former prime minister Manmohan Singh in his first outing in four days. He held the meetings before attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony.

The Congress's Karnataka ally HD Kumaraswamy is about to add his voice to the leaders who want Rahul Gandhi to continue as the party president. Mr Gandhi has been adamant about his decision to step down from the post after the party's decimation by the BJP in the Lok Sabha election.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu on Tuesday discussed forging a non-BJP alliance after the results of the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday with Janata Dal-Secular supremo HDDeve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, a party official said.

It was a long time coming - but after many meetings and discussions - the ruling Congress and Janata Dal Secular coalition partners in Karnataka have come to an agreement on seat sharing. The split was 20-8, with the Congress getting the larger share. The JD(S) share includes Shimoga, Tumkur, Hasan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, Uttara Kannada, Chikkama...

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today confirmed that the focus of the alliance is to "win the maximum number of seats" and his party was willing to work to this end. "The number of seats that we will contest is not an issue," the Chief Minister said in what is seen as an indication of a further climbdown.

The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in Karnataka will hold a coordination meeting in Bengaluru on Monday to discuss seat-sharing arrangements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the self-appointed facilitator for a united opposition, pressed on with the task on Thursday, meeting former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy, who is also the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The three leaders agreed that bringing together the opposition was the need of the hour to...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today brushed off speculation of a rift with ruling ally Congress, fed by his recent tearful outburst at a public meeting that he was in 'pain". "Congress friends are totally supporting", Mr Kumaraswamy said, adding that he has been given a free hand by party chief Rahul Gandhi. His anguish, he explained in a...

In Delhi to complete formalities to register his political party, actor-politician Kamal Haasan has also followed up on his brief interaction with the Congress leadership on the sidelines of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony last month

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence today and gave him his best wishes ahead of his birthday tomorrow.

Two weeks after HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister, he finally has a cabinet after ally Congress settled on its choice of ministers. The man behind the turmoil was DK Shivakumar - the Congress's biggest crisis manager at a time when the party was trying to prevent defections following a hung verdict in state polls.

Over 12 Congress lawmakers in Karnataka are likely to take oath as ministers in the first expansion of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's Cabinet, after the grand old party finalised the list in a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and its senior state leaders.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is meeting party leaders from Karnataka to draw up a list of ministers for the government led by HD Kumaraswamy - a crucial task in view of next year's general elections, which the two allies intend to contest together.

More than a dozen opposition leaders will be attending the oath ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy, who takes over as the Karnataka Chief Minister tomorrow, pending a floor test. The mega gathering is seen as a show of strength by the opposition, which is yet to put forth a cohesive effort to stitch up a united front to take on the BJP in next year's gener...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have said the party was ready to forget the past in favour of a forward-looking alliance with HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular. After a meeting between Mr Kumaraswamy and Congress's Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening, the Congress indicated that the two sides have discussed a broader alliance th...

Rahul Gandhi broke a self-imposed "ban" and met with leaders like Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar and former prime minister Manmohan Singh in his first outing in four days. He held the meetings before attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony.

The Congress's Karnataka ally HD Kumaraswamy is about to add his voice to the leaders who want Rahul Gandhi to continue as the party president. Mr Gandhi has been adamant about his decision to step down from the post after the party's decimation by the BJP in the Lok Sabha election.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu on Tuesday discussed forging a non-BJP alliance after the results of the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday with Janata Dal-Secular supremo HDDeve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, a party official said.

It was a long time coming - but after many meetings and discussions - the ruling Congress and Janata Dal Secular coalition partners in Karnataka have come to an agreement on seat sharing. The split was 20-8, with the Congress getting the larger share. The JD(S) share includes Shimoga, Tumkur, Hasan, Mandya, Bengaluru North, Uttara Kannada, Chikkama...

Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today confirmed that the focus of the alliance is to "win the maximum number of seats" and his party was willing to work to this end. "The number of seats that we will contest is not an issue," the Chief Minister said in what is seen as an indication of a further climbdown.

The Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in Karnataka will hold a coordination meeting in Bengaluru on Monday to discuss seat-sharing arrangements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, the self-appointed facilitator for a united opposition, pressed on with the task on Thursday, meeting former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Kumaraswamy, who is also the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The three leaders agreed that bringing together the opposition was the need of the hour to...

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today brushed off speculation of a rift with ruling ally Congress, fed by his recent tearful outburst at a public meeting that he was in 'pain". "Congress friends are totally supporting", Mr Kumaraswamy said, adding that he has been given a free hand by party chief Rahul Gandhi. His anguish, he explained in a...

In Delhi to complete formalities to register his political party, actor-politician Kamal Haasan has also followed up on his brief interaction with the Congress leadership on the sidelines of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's swearing-in ceremony last month

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence today and gave him his best wishes ahead of his birthday tomorrow.

Two weeks after HD Kumaraswamy took oath as Karnataka Chief Minister, he finally has a cabinet after ally Congress settled on its choice of ministers. The man behind the turmoil was DK Shivakumar - the Congress's biggest crisis manager at a time when the party was trying to prevent defections following a hung verdict in state polls.

Over 12 Congress lawmakers in Karnataka are likely to take oath as ministers in the first expansion of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's Cabinet, after the grand old party finalised the list in a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and its senior state leaders.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is meeting party leaders from Karnataka to draw up a list of ministers for the government led by HD Kumaraswamy - a crucial task in view of next year's general elections, which the two allies intend to contest together.

More than a dozen opposition leaders will be attending the oath ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy, who takes over as the Karnataka Chief Minister tomorrow, pending a floor test. The mega gathering is seen as a show of strength by the opposition, which is yet to put forth a cohesive effort to stitch up a united front to take on the BJP in next year's gener...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have said the party was ready to forget the past in favour of a forward-looking alliance with HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular. After a meeting between Mr Kumaraswamy and Congress's Rahul and Sonia Gandhi on Monday evening, the Congress indicated that the two sides have discussed a broader alliance th...