Sudan violence: Amid rising concerns over stranded Indians in a violence-hit country, Siddaramaiah and MEA Jaishankar engaged in a spat on Twitter.
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asked the senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah not to do politics stating there are lives at stake.
Karnataka Assembly elections 2023: Karnataka has a long history of betrayal politics which ended with the collapse of government several times. Yediyurappa became CM twice for less than one week. His government collapsed in 2007 and 2018.
Karnataka Elections 2023: 75-year-old Siddaramaiah, who is a contender for the Chief Minister post if Congress is voted to power, said that the upcoming elections in the state are going to be his last as he has decided to retire from politics.
Lokayukta sleuths on Friday had recovered unaccounted cash of more than Rs 6 crore from the house of BJP MLA K Madal Virupakshappa's son Prashanth Madal close on the heels of his arrest for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40 lakh.
Karnataka election: Supporters of DK Shivakumar, on several occasions, demanded a declaration of his name for the CM post ahead of the election.
Siddaramiah on Hindutava: Speaking in Kalaburagi during the launch of a book - a biopic of former congress MLA BR Patil, the 75-year-old leader claimed that "Hindutva is for murder, violence and discrimination."
The Congress leader claimed that BJP cannot come back to power in Karnataka.
Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar alleged that the BJP wanted the assembly proceedings to be disrupted and it is because of this that they had installed a portrait of VD Savarkar in the Assembly hall.
There are reports that Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi is being considered to play the role of the 75-year old Congress leader on the silver screen.
Siddaramaiah also outlined the reason, "I am not participating in the program as ideologically my stand and that of our party is against the purpose of the program."
Siddaramaiah news: Siddaramaiah slammed BJP and said that the party does not have any other work and is trying to create controversies to divert public attention from major issues.
Lashing out at Siddaramaiah, state BJP leaders have accused him of indulging in 'Muslim appeasement' and even demanded his expulsion from Congress.
For about 52 years, the national flag was not hoisted on RSS headquarters at Nagpur in Maharashtra, Siddaramaiah alleged. Claiming that it is the Congress and its leaders who are responsible for "free India".
Karnataka: Reacting to party MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan's remark that the people of the state wanted Siddaramaiah to be the next chief minister, Shivakumar asked everyone to "keep their mouths shut and work to bring the party to power".
Karnataka violence: Violence had broken out between two groups from separate communities in Karnataka's Bagalkot last week, following which section 144 was imposed in Kerur.
Siddaramaiah on Friday said that RSS is not an outfit of native Indians and Davidians are the real natives of this country.
Earlier on Mar 18, Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh said that if approved by experts, state govt, too, will 'definitely' include the epics like Bhagavad Gita in the syllabus for students.
In a series of tweets, the stalwart Congress leader hailed those who staged took part in the agitation and compelled the Centre to withdraw the 'anti-farmer laws'.
The opposition leader alleged that the CM had only joined BJP, a 'communal party' just for power and to support anti-constitutional activities.
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