Sreenivasan Jain

Inside Congress' Fight For Cabinet Berths, North Karnataka Strikes Back

Karnataka News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Monday July 2, 2018

In the intense lobbying for cabinet berths in Karnataka, Congress leaders have turned to data to make their case before the party leadership. Six more cabinet berths in the Karnataka government remain to filled from the Congress quota.

Congress' DK Shivakumar Explains How He Got "Missing" Karnataka MLAs Back

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma and Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 20, 2018

Senior Congress minister DK Shivakumar has said he was instrumental in holding together the Congress lawmakers, who were allegedly being coerced into supporting the BJP in the crucial Supreme Court-ordered trust vote of Saturday.

Karnataka Trust Vote: Five Options Before The BJP

India News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Saturday May 19, 2018

The BJP's BS Yeddyurappa faces a test of strength in Karnataka today, two days after he took oath under controversial circumstances. He was given 15 days by Governor Vajubhai Vala to prove his majority, but the Supreme Court, hearing a Congress petition, today drastically slashed that time to just one day.

Ahead Of Karnataka Result, Deep Cut For Siddaramaiah - From His Own Party

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Written by Suparna Singh | Tuesday May 15, 2018

Karnataka election: Hours before the results for his election were declared, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah got hints of a possible termination notice - from within his own party. "There are at least half a dozen chief ministerial candidates in our party," said G Parameshwara, a senior Congress leader from Karnataka, cheerfully confirming his own spot...

"If Congress Doesn't Get Majority...": Deve Gowda's Party Explains Stand

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain | Sunday May 13, 2018

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal Secular, forecast by a poll of exit polls to play a key role in forming Karnataka's next government, squashed speculation that the party could support the BJP. But if the Congress did not get a majority, JDS spokesman Danish Ali told NDTV, it was the Congress' "responsibility" to reach out.

After Karnataka Exit Polls Predict Hung House, Siddaramaiah's Way Forward

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 13, 2018

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday brushed off exit polls' prediction of a hung house, saying he was "very confident" of the outcome of the assembly elections. The Congress, he said, will "have majority" in the state where no party had been allowed two consecutive terms in power for more than three decades.

This Will Be My Last Election, Says Siddaramaiah. He Said Same In 2013

Karnataka News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Monday May 7, 2018

The upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka will be the last one I will contest, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has told NDTV. The 70-year-old Congress leader, who had earlier said that the 2013 polls would be his last electoral venture, said he had to give in to the wishes of the party's top leadership.

Blog: Record-Breaking Cash Seizures In Karnataka Just Tip Of The Iceberg

Blog | Sreenivasan Jain | Monday May 7, 2018

It came as no surprise to observers of Karnataka elections that the Election Commission last week reported a record-breaking haul of seized cash and other election inducements of Rs 152 crore, the second highest state in such seizures.

Father Got A Call, Told Me Not To File Nomination: BS Yeddyurappa's Son Vijayendra

Karnataka News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 7, 2018

Karnataka BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, the party's presumptive chief minister, has insisted that his son being dropped as a candidate for the May 12 state election was his decision. Speaking for the first time on his disappointment, Mr Yeddyurappa's son BY Vijayendra has revealed that his father "received a call and then instructed me" not to file no...

BJP Attacks Siddaramaiah With "Declared Absconder" Link, He Rebuts Charge

Karnataka News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Sunday May 6, 2018

With less than a week to go before Karnataka votes in the assembly election, the BJP on Sunday attacked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over what the party called his meeting with two "declared absconders" wanted for financial fraud, including a person called Vijay Eswaran.

Political Gains, Lost Lives: Behind The Bloody Turf Wars In Coastal Karnataka

Karnataka News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Saturday May 5, 2018

In the heart of Mangalore, an unusual sight: a team of activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP, campaigning for the BJP.

Karnataka Man, On BJP's List Of 'Martyrs', Is Alive; BJP Clarifies

Karnataka News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Saturday May 5, 2018

In the Karnataka elections, a major charge levelled by the BJP is that 23 of their workers have been killed by 'jihadi' forces in the past five years, under the Congress rule.

BS Yeddyurappa's Son Nixed As Candidate Allegedly Because Of Rahul Gandhi

Karnataka News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Wednesday May 2, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the first of his three rallies in Karnataka today into an unceremonious toast of rival Rahul Gandhi with the punchlines all centering on one theme: the 47-year-old Congress president's lineage as his only qualification to lead India's main opposition party.

Blog: BJP Handling Of Yeddyurappa's Son Drives Major Conspiracy Theory

Blog | Sreenivasan Jain | Sunday April 29, 2018

For all the rivalry, both BS Yeddyurappa and Siddaramaiah share an unusual predicament - while both have been declared chief ministerial candidates by their respective parties, an impressive performance may not necessarily guarantee either a chance to rule the state.

Meet The Ex-Aide Of Ballari's Mining Barons, Now In The Congress

Karnataka News | Written by Sreenivasan Jain | Saturday April 28, 2018

In the Karnataka elections, the Congress has targeted the BJP for fielding the controversial Reddy brothers, mining barons from Ballari, better known as Bellary, in north Karnataka synonymous with corruption