Yeddyurappa Camp

The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources said on Tuesday.

As the focus Tuesday shifted to the Supreme Court, which is hearing the pleas of 15 Karnataka MLAs against alleged delay by the Speaker in accepting their resignations, the state BJP President BS Yeddyurappa was seen in a relaxed mood playing cricket with party legislators who are camped at a resort on the outskirts of the city.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for his stay at a resort, Karnataka BJP Sunday asked him to take time out and look at the city's collapsing infrastructure and drought situation in the state.

After Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, his counterpart in Jharkhand today raked up a controversy by suggesting that the recent air strike on a terrorist camp in Pakistan's Balakot will help the ruling party in the Lok Sabha elections. "BJP will win all 14 seats in the Jharkhand, our surveys tell us that," Jharkhand BJP chief Laxman Gilua said. "...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday slammed Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa for his remark that India's preemptive air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

IAF Strike In Pakistan: Union Minister VK Singh today put out a sharp and public rebuke for his own party colleague, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, who has been widely condemned for saying that India's air strikes on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday will help the ruling party win many more seats in the national election due by May.

Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he was quoted "out of context" amid criticism over his comment that that India's air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in the state in the national election due by May.

In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.

The Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka has pulled back from the brink of a crisis triggered by two exits on Tuesday, alongside reports of "missing" Congress members. 100-odd BJP lawmakers camping at a Gurgaon resort heightened the suspense, but they will all be back by tomorrow, said their leader BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday.

BJP chief Amit Shah has equally penalized the two warring factions in Karnataka unit of the party after both refused to patch up and make nice. The factions, led by state party chief BS Yeddyurappa and rival KS Easwarappa, had been indulging in a slanging match days after the party lost the crucial by-election in the state.

Weeks after the BJP lost two crucial by-elections in Karnataka, the party is not exactly comporting itself with politically correct behavior. Two rival camps, each headed by a formidable leader, have asked party president Amit Shah to penalize the other.

Key ministers who served the BJP government pitted against each other, brothers crossing swords, erosion of Bellary mining baron's influence, a ruling party minus heavyweight B S Yeddyurappa and a fragmented political landscape - the May five Assembly elections in Karnataka have all the ingredients of a potboiler.

The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have averted the crisis in Karnataka for the time being by buying some time from its rebel leaders, but its decision is widely awaited by political factions in the state. Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's camp wants Sadananda Gowda to be replaced as the Chief Minister wit...

Nine rebel Karnataka ministers, who had handed their resignation letters on Friday, have withdrawn them this morning giving their party, the BJP, some much-needed breathing space.

Two days after nine ministers, loyal to him, quit the Karnataka cabinet, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has further upped the ante against Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, in a power struggle that is now becoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's biggest nightmare.

The rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs camping in Mumbai will leave for Bengaluru after BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa is sworn in as chief minister of the southern state, party sources said on Tuesday.

As the focus Tuesday shifted to the Supreme Court, which is hearing the pleas of 15 Karnataka MLAs against alleged delay by the Speaker in accepting their resignations, the state BJP President BS Yeddyurappa was seen in a relaxed mood playing cricket with party legislators who are camped at a resort on the outskirts of the city.

Taking a dig at Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for his stay at a resort, Karnataka BJP Sunday asked him to take time out and look at the city's collapsing infrastructure and drought situation in the state.

After Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, his counterpart in Jharkhand today raked up a controversy by suggesting that the recent air strike on a terrorist camp in Pakistan's Balakot will help the ruling party in the Lok Sabha elections. "BJP will win all 14 seats in the Jharkhand, our surveys tell us that," Jharkhand BJP chief Laxman Gilua said. "...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday slammed Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa for his remark that India's preemptive air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

IAF Strike In Pakistan: Union Minister VK Singh today put out a sharp and public rebuke for his own party colleague, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, who has been widely condemned for saying that India's air strikes on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday will help the ruling party win many more seats in the national election due by May.

Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he was quoted "out of context" amid criticism over his comment that that India's air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday has created a wave in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will help the party win over 22 of 28 seats in the state in the national election due by May.

In an indication of widening cracks in Karnataka's coalition government, Janata Dal (Secular) chief Deve Gowda on Thursday condemned the increasing frequency with which Congress legislators were taking potshots at his son -- Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy -- and warned that he cannot remain silent on the matter anymore.

The Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka has pulled back from the brink of a crisis triggered by two exits on Tuesday, alongside reports of "missing" Congress members. 100-odd BJP lawmakers camping at a Gurgaon resort heightened the suspense, but they will all be back by tomorrow, said their leader BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday.

BJP chief Amit Shah has equally penalized the two warring factions in Karnataka unit of the party after both refused to patch up and make nice. The factions, led by state party chief BS Yeddyurappa and rival KS Easwarappa, had been indulging in a slanging match days after the party lost the crucial by-election in the state.

Weeks after the BJP lost two crucial by-elections in Karnataka, the party is not exactly comporting itself with politically correct behavior. Two rival camps, each headed by a formidable leader, have asked party president Amit Shah to penalize the other.

Key ministers who served the BJP government pitted against each other, brothers crossing swords, erosion of Bellary mining baron's influence, a ruling party minus heavyweight B S Yeddyurappa and a fragmented political landscape - the May five Assembly elections in Karnataka have all the ingredients of a potboiler.

The central leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have averted the crisis in Karnataka for the time being by buying some time from its rebel leaders, but its decision is widely awaited by political factions in the state. Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's camp wants Sadananda Gowda to be replaced as the Chief Minister wit...

Nine rebel Karnataka ministers, who had handed their resignation letters on Friday, have withdrawn them this morning giving their party, the BJP, some much-needed breathing space.

Two days after nine ministers, loyal to him, quit the Karnataka cabinet, former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has further upped the ante against Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, in a power struggle that is now becoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's biggest nightmare.