Shivakumar stated that CBI has conducted raids on his educational institutions. "They (CBI) are conducting inquiries on our land and business. Our family is being hounded by the investigating agencies," he said.
Karnataka is poll-bound state. The election is due in 2023, that's why Congress and BJP intensified their attacks against each other.
Satish Jarkiholi Hindu remark: Jarkiholi is currently the working president of Karnataka Congress and also served as minister in the presvious JD-U-Congress government.
Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to the state assumes significance as the Congress in Karnataka seems to be in a conundrum, with many within the party fearing it would implode ahead of the assembly polls.
Congress demands the arrest of a Karnataka minister in connection to the death of a worker, who had accused the leader of demanding a 40 per cent commission for work. The body of the worker was recovered from a lodge.
Siddaramaiah was speaking at an event to distribute ration kits to poor families and relief cheques to families that lost someone due to COVID-19, which was organized by Congress MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao, on the eve of his father and former CM late R Gundu Rao’s Birthday.
The Lingayat strongman claimed that a few Congress leaders are in touch with some BJP leaders.
The simultaneous search at the houses, offices belonging to the Chamarajpet legislator at about 6 locations, began at 6:00 AM, they said.
Madhu Bangarappa, along with his supporters, joined the grand old party here in the presence of Congress General Secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala, Leader of the opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah, state unit President D K Shivakumar, and a host of other party leaders.
The President of Karnataka Congress, DK Shivakumar commented over curtailing chapters on Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali from the class 7 social science textbook in the state.
While speaking to ANI in Bengaluru on June 04, the president of Karnataka Congress, DK Shivakumar said, "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has come up with an unholy alliance.
Congress party leaders in Karnataka staged protest over COVID-19 relief package and amendment in Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) act in front of Gandhi statue at the premises of Vidhana Soudha.
Of the 16 rebel legislators, including 13 of the Congress and three of the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) who resigned from their Assembly segments, 13 have been holed up in a five-star hotel in Mumbai since the political crisis unfolded on July 6.
Warning the rebels of action against them if they don't withdraw their resignations and attend the session, Shivakumar said they would be disqualified if they defy the party whip issued to all its members, including them, for their presence in the Assembly.
Eleven rebel Congress MLAs in Karnataka, who resigned from their Assembly seats, skipped the party's legislature meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday, an official said.
Baig, a former Congress minister, is an eight-time legislator from the Shivajinagar Assembly segment in the city centre.
Siddaramaiah and Dinesh Rao said, Karnataka Congress was with Gandhi and trusts his leadership. In Karnataka, the Congress and JDS, running the coalition government, could win only one seat each with the BJP sweeping 25 seats.
Party initiated disqualification action against him after he openly revolted against it and seen in Mumbai hotel with other three dissident MLAs.
Inayatullah Khan, who won the election from ward No. 16 in Tumakuru -- around 70 km from Bengaluru, was taking out the procession in the morning when an unidentified person sprayed some liquid on the crowd and fled the scene, police said.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: "It is a booth-wise election ahead, which is why the party needs our people in every booth. We (Congress) must have enough people with feet on every booth," Chidambaram said addressing party members.
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