Yeddyurappa Meets President

The BJP in Karnataka held a meeting to discuss plans for the Lok Sabha elections - in which party state president B S Yeddyurappa says he hopes the party will gift 22 out of the 28 seats to the prime minister. In 2014, the BJP won 17 of the seats, with the Congress winning nine and the Janata Dal Secular won two seats.

A day after the Congress moved 76 of its 80 Karnataka legislators to a resort in Bengaluru amid fears of poaching by the opposition BJP to topple the coalition government in the state, the party has served a show cause notice to two of the four MLAs who did not turn up for the Congress Legislature Party or CLP meet on Friday.

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa has said some Congress MLAs skipping the Congress Legislature Party meeting and the deep differences between the ruling coalition partners are an indication that a volcano may erupt in the coming days.

After days of worrying about the stability of its coalition government in Karnataka, the state Congress can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It appears safe for now.

The two-day executive meet of the Karnataka BJP unit, that ends today in Mysuru, saw the party trying hard to present a united front and keep it together. Ahead of the meet, backward class leader KS Eshwarappa continued his open defiance against state party president, BS Yeddyurappa. Also, there was little interaction between the two during the mee...

It was a day of crucial meetings for the BJP which has shifted its focus on government formation after a historic win in the national election. Narendra Modi, who will be the country's next prime minister, met senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Delhi. Gujarat Bhavan, RSS' Delhi office, and BJP president Rajnath Singh's residenc...

After skipping poll campaign in Himachal Pradesh, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today cancelled his meeting in New Delhi with Karnataka leaders and asked the party leadership to handle the political situation in the state where B S Yeddyurappa is adamant on forming his own party.

The BJP is set to change leadership in Karnataka. Sources say Sadananda Gowda is expected to resign as the Chief Minister of the state; there are reports that he will make way for minister for Rural Development, Jagadish Shettar, who has been hand-picked by BS Yeddyurappa, much as Mr Gowda was less than a year ago. A decision will be announced tomo...

In the wake of sulking BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa's pro-Congress comments, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda on Sunday met party president Nitin Gadkari and other senior leaders in New Delhi to discuss the new developments and the future course of action.

The war over Karnataka's chief ministership has now moved to battleground Delhi. The two opponents -BS Yeddyurappa, who wants to be reinstated as the Chief Minister, and Sadananda Gowda, who is in no mood to step down - arrived in the capital late last evening to meet with the BJP's top leaders. Negotiating the terms of Mr Yeddyurappa's return to o...

On Wednesday evening, B S Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi to meet with the BJP's top leaders. Later in the night, on a chartered plane, a group of men who are fighting his return as chief minister also landed in the capital. Negotiating the terms of Mr Yeddyurappa's return to office will be Nitin Gadkari, the party president, who flew into Delhi from ...

BS Yeddyurappa's day began early. A visit to the Tumkur Mutt and then to a Bangalore temple. He turns 69 today, meets his supporters, hosts a birthday bash this evening and had reportedly been set for a big political announcement till his party president Nitin Gadkari took the wind out of his sails by making clear that there would be no change of g...

Despite pressure by B S Yeddyurappa to BJP over chief ministership, party president Nitin Gadkari has ruled out any change in guard. Addressing a press conference, Mr Gadkari said Sadananda Gowda will continue as Karnataka Chief Minister.

Nitin Gadkari, the BJP president, is in Bangalore to take a few moral science lessons for his party colleagues in Karnataka during the two-day Chintan Manthan or brainstorming session of the party.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.

The BJP in Karnataka held a meeting to discuss plans for the Lok Sabha elections - in which party state president B S Yeddyurappa says he hopes the party will gift 22 out of the 28 seats to the prime minister. In 2014, the BJP won 17 of the seats, with the Congress winning nine and the Janata Dal Secular won two seats.

A day after the Congress moved 76 of its 80 Karnataka legislators to a resort in Bengaluru amid fears of poaching by the opposition BJP to topple the coalition government in the state, the party has served a show cause notice to two of the four MLAs who did not turn up for the Congress Legislature Party or CLP meet on Friday.

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa has said some Congress MLAs skipping the Congress Legislature Party meeting and the deep differences between the ruling coalition partners are an indication that a volcano may erupt in the coming days.

After days of worrying about the stability of its coalition government in Karnataka, the state Congress can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It appears safe for now.

The two-day executive meet of the Karnataka BJP unit, that ends today in Mysuru, saw the party trying hard to present a united front and keep it together. Ahead of the meet, backward class leader KS Eshwarappa continued his open defiance against state party president, BS Yeddyurappa. Also, there was little interaction between the two during the mee...

It was a day of crucial meetings for the BJP which has shifted its focus on government formation after a historic win in the national election. Narendra Modi, who will be the country's next prime minister, met senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in Delhi. Gujarat Bhavan, RSS' Delhi office, and BJP president Rajnath Singh's residenc...

After skipping poll campaign in Himachal Pradesh, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today cancelled his meeting in New Delhi with Karnataka leaders and asked the party leadership to handle the political situation in the state where B S Yeddyurappa is adamant on forming his own party.

The BJP is set to change leadership in Karnataka. Sources say Sadananda Gowda is expected to resign as the Chief Minister of the state; there are reports that he will make way for minister for Rural Development, Jagadish Shettar, who has been hand-picked by BS Yeddyurappa, much as Mr Gowda was less than a year ago. A decision will be announced tomo...

In the wake of sulking BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa's pro-Congress comments, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda on Sunday met party president Nitin Gadkari and other senior leaders in New Delhi to discuss the new developments and the future course of action.

The war over Karnataka's chief ministership has now moved to battleground Delhi. The two opponents -BS Yeddyurappa, who wants to be reinstated as the Chief Minister, and Sadananda Gowda, who is in no mood to step down - arrived in the capital late last evening to meet with the BJP's top leaders. Negotiating the terms of Mr Yeddyurappa's return to o...

On Wednesday evening, B S Yeddyurappa arrived in Delhi to meet with the BJP's top leaders. Later in the night, on a chartered plane, a group of men who are fighting his return as chief minister also landed in the capital. Negotiating the terms of Mr Yeddyurappa's return to office will be Nitin Gadkari, the party president, who flew into Delhi from ...

BS Yeddyurappa's day began early. A visit to the Tumkur Mutt and then to a Bangalore temple. He turns 69 today, meets his supporters, hosts a birthday bash this evening and had reportedly been set for a big political announcement till his party president Nitin Gadkari took the wind out of his sails by making clear that there would be no change of g...

Despite pressure by B S Yeddyurappa to BJP over chief ministership, party president Nitin Gadkari has ruled out any change in guard. Addressing a press conference, Mr Gadkari said Sadananda Gowda will continue as Karnataka Chief Minister.

Nitin Gadkari, the BJP president, is in Bangalore to take a few moral science lessons for his party colleagues in Karnataka during the two-day Chintan Manthan or brainstorming session of the party.

BS Yeddyurappa has been asked by the BJP to resign immediately as Karnataka Chief Minister. After a meeting at party president Nitin Gadkari's house, the party announced that Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh will fly to Bangalore tomorrow to decide on who will succeed Mr Yeddyurappa.