Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Government To Get Seven New Cabinet Ministers

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

The three-month-old Congress-JDS coalition government would be expanded in the third week of September with the induction of seven ministers, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said today.

"Couldn't Become Chief Minister As Opponents Joined Hands": Siddaramaiah

Karnataka News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Saturday August 25, 2018

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has created a flutter with his statement that the opponents came together in the state to form the government and stopped him from becoming the chief minister for the second time. If he were given another chance, he said, he would love to become the chief minister.

Siddaramaiah Says Won't Contest In 2019 Lok Sabha Polls

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 21, 2018

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said he would not contest the next Lok Sabha polls.

HD Kumaraswamy Government's Loan Waiver For Farmers to Cost 34,000 Crores

Karnataka News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday July 5, 2018

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a loan waiver scheme for farmers -- a key political promise ahead of assembly elections -- that would cost the state Rs 34,000 crore.

Congress, JD(S) Say 'What Problem', Get Together for Key Roadmap Meet

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Monday July 2, 2018

Karnataka's ruling alliance of the Congress and HD Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal Secular reiterated a message of unity after a crucial meeting of its Coordination Committee yesterday.

After Congress's Damage Control, Sulking Siddaramaiah Falls In Line

India News | Written by Maya Sharma | Saturday June 30, 2018

Siddaramaiah, the former Karnataka Chief Minister recently heard questioning the longevity of the HD Kumaraswamy government, on Friday declared that the Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition is strong and will survive. The former chief minister, who took days to clarify on two videos that had mysteriously turned up in public domain, also insisted t...

Many Congress, JDS Leaders Ready To Join BJP, Claims BS Yeddyurappa

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 29, 2018

Amid discontent among some of the ruling coalition members in Karnataka, state BJP President BS Yeddyurappa today claimed several leaders from both Congress and JDS were ready to join his party.

Siddaramaiah Says No Doubt About Stability Of Congress-JDS Government

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 29, 2018

Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has said he was not unhappy about the ruling Congress-JDS coalition in Karnataka as was being projected, and there was no doubt about the stability of the government.

In Sulking Siddaramaiah, A New Test For Congress In Karnataka

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Friday June 29, 2018

Until last month, he was one of those rare things in the India of today - a Congress chief minister. And he was one who enjoyed the trust of his party's high command. It was often noted that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi seemed to have given Siddaramaiah a free hand in the campaigning in the run up to the state elections. His voice was heard at elect...

G Parameshwara's Counter, Day After Siddaramaiah's Doubts On JDS Alliance

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 27, 2018

In an apparent counter to senior party leader Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Congress chief G Parameshwara today said the coalition government with the JDS would complete its full five-year term and what others were talking outside was "irrelevant".

Siddaramaiah Suggests Supplementary Budget, Deve Gowda Rejects

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 27, 2018

JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has rejected former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's suggestion that the new state government should present a supplementary budget, instead of a fresh budget, by citing a parliamentary precedence involving him as the prime minister.

FIR Registered Against Siddaramaiah In Land Denotification Case

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 24, 2018

Mysuru police today registered an FIR against former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and three others for their alleged involvement in a land de-notification case.

Committee To Draft Karnataka Common Minimum Programme

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 15, 2018

Former union minister Veerappa Moily is among the five member drafting committee appointed by the coordination committee of the ruling JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka to prepare a Common Minimum Programme.

Draft Of Karnataka Governance Roadmap In 10 Days, Says Siddaramaiah

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday June 14, 2018

The common minimum programme or the agenda of governance of Karnataka's Congress-JD(S) government will be drafted by a five member committee in the next 10 days. This was among the decisions taken by the coordination committee that held its first meeting under the chairmanship of former Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Other members of the coo...

JDS-Congress To Meet Tomorrow To Set Common Agenda For Karnataka

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 13, 2018

The first meeting of the coordination committee of the ruling JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka will be held in Bengaluru tomorrow where the two parties would mull over a common minimum programme, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said today.