Karnataka: BJP’s Somashekar calls DK Shivakumar political ‘guru’; Bommai to talk to ‘agitated’ leader
Calling Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar his political ‘guru’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA ST Somashekar Gowda said his…
Calling Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar his political ‘guru’, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA ST Somashekar Gowda said his…
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and said that the BJP will come back victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
"More than 75-80 per cent will support BJP. We will win 130-135 seats," the former chief minister said after casting his vote.
The 224-seat Karnataka assembly will go to polls on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
This comes after Jagadish Shettar became the second senior leader from the Lingayat community to leave the ruling BJP and join Congress.
It is alleged that Yediyurappa received kickbacks from contractors over a housing project in Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA).
"I did not go to New Delhi to meet leaders. Despite that, the leaders have chosen me for the post," he said
After months of speculation over his resignation, Yediyurappa on Monday announced his resignation and put in his papers before the Governor.
Yediyurappa's demand for two months time to contemplate stepping down, has been categorically rejected by the BJP high command, they added.
"We are amending section 109 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act in the ensuing budget session of the assembly in March to enable investors buy lands from farmers in the state directly in a month," Yediyurappa told reporters here on return from the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting at Davos in Switzerland from January 21-24.
