Karnataka Polls: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil And a 30-Year-Old Incident Feature in BJP vs Congress
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka Polls: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil And a 30-Year-Old Incident Feature in BJP vs Congress

News 18  

This is the third part in a 3-part series by Nalin Mehta on the Karnataka elections. Few may remember Veerendra Patil today, but his unceremonious dismissal as Karnataka chief minister in 1990 paved the way for BJP’s first inroads into the state in the 1990s, with the state’s influential Lingayat voters. Veerendra Patil, Rajiv Gandhi and BJP’s First Lingayat Breach in Karnataka Veerendra Patil was the Congress chief minister of Karnataka at the time of the great Congress split of 1969. As part of the Congress’s outreach to Lingayat voters, Patil was appointed Karnataka chief minister again in 1989. Yediyurappa, then president of the party’s state unit, declared that Patil’s removal by Rajiv Gandhi was the “most uncultured way to treat a chief minister”.

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Shivakumar could split Congress party in Karnataka, says leader of Opposition in Assembly
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Shivakumar could split Congress party in Karnataka, says leader of Opposition in Assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: While, State Bharatiya Janata Party president B.Y. Shivakumar joining the BJP but Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka observed Shivakumar could possibly cause a split in the Congress party like the way Shiv Sena leader Ekanath Shinde did in Maharashtra, a couple of years back, to align with BJP and form the State Government. Vijayendra said “I …

BR Patil resigns as Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's political advisor for 'several' reasons
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BR Patil resigns as Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's political advisor for 'several' reasons

Hindustan Times  

Congress MLA BR Patil has resigned from his position as Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's political advisor. Patil, a seasoned politician, has been elected as an MLA from Aland constituency in Kalaburagi district several times, representing various political parties. However, as Priyank Kharge and Sharan Prakash Patil were allocated Cabinet positions, Patil was excluded and instead appointed as the Chief Minister's …

BJP Karnataka Crisis: Vijayendra’s Leadership Struggles and Internal Factionalism Explained
1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP Karnataka Crisis: Vijayendra’s Leadership Struggles and Internal Factionalism Explained

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 28, 2025 20:04 IST - 4 MINS READ For a party that prides itself on cadre discipline, the Bharatiya Janata Party has performed poorly in Karnataka since B. Y. Vijayendra became State president. Though neither the Central nor State BJP leadership has clearly explained Yediyurappa’s removal as Chief Minister in 2022, party sources indicate that Santosh’s faction …

Once Congress Alienated Lingayats, Why Vokkaligas May Now Desert it in Karnataka - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

Once Congress Alienated Lingayats, Why Vokkaligas May Now Desert it in Karnataka - News18

News 18  

The Congress’s tried-and-tested strategy in Karnataka, targeting vote banks of Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Muslims worked exceedingly well this time, as it got additional support from Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities. The community, so far, driven by the guidance of Vokkaliga seers, had largely supported the HD Deve Gowda family, along with his son HD Kumaraswamy, as the Congress …

Happy Birthday DK Shivakumar: 'Tiger of Sathanur' who led Congress to massive victory in Karnataka
1 year, 10 months ago

Happy Birthday DK Shivakumar: 'Tiger of Sathanur' who led Congress to massive victory in Karnataka

India TV News  

DK Shivakumar, the head of the Karnataka Congress, said that the party's crushing victory in the Assembly elections on May 10 was the best birthday present the people could have given him. At its meeting on Sunday, the Karnataka Congress Legislature Party unanimously approved a resolution granting AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge authority to select the state's next chief minister. …

Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar Breaks Down, Thanks Cadres For Victory
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar Breaks Down, Thanks Cadres For Victory

ABP News  

Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar broke down while expressing happiness over his party's comfortable victory in the Karnataka State Assembly Elections. #WATCH | Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar gets emotional on his party's comfortable victory in state Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/ANaqVMXgFr — ANI May 13, 2023 He further thanked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for her support by saying, "I can't forget …

Karnataka Polls: A tale of three parties
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka Polls: A tale of three parties

Hindustan Times  

The Congress : In the run-up to the 2018 Assembly elections, the Congress was attempting to break a 38-year-old tradition in Karnataka in which no party had been re-elected to the Assembly. The last time Congress came to power with a majority, was in 2013, BS Yediyurappa forming a party after splitting from the BJP helped them get a majority. …

Karnataka Elections 2023: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil and a three-decade incident surface in BJP vs Congress
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka Elections 2023: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil and a three-decade incident surface in BJP vs Congress

Firstpost  

Few may remember Veerendra Patil today, but his unceremonious dismissal as Karnataka chief minister in 1990 paved the way for BJP’s first inroads into the state in the 1990s, with the state’s influential Lingayat voters It was a political decision made by Rajiv Gandhi over three decades ago, but it remains a major talking point in Karnataka elections 2023. Few …

Shettar’s move may hit BJP’s Lingayat votes, cadre morale: Experts
1 year, 11 months ago

Shettar’s move may hit BJP’s Lingayat votes, cadre morale: Experts

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Hours after former Bharatiya Janata Party veteran Jagadish Shetter joined the Congress, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai downplayed the move saying it would have “little impact” on the party. Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar speaks during a press conference as he joins the Congress in presence of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, in Bengaluru on Monday. Since Shettar is …

30-yr-old incident, former CM Veerendra Patil become focus of Karnataka poll campaign
1 year, 11 months ago

30-yr-old incident, former CM Veerendra Patil become focus of Karnataka poll campaign

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: A three-decade old incident and a chief minister who died 27 years ago have become a major talking point in Karnataka’s assembly election campaign. While many may not remember the name of Veerendra Patil, his name and his stature as a Lingayat leader has been weaponised by the Bharatiya Janata Party against the Congress, ironically, Patil’s party. Both …

'This distinction...': Cong praises Kharge's journey as he becomes party boss
2 years, 4 months ago

'This distinction...': Cong praises Kharge's journey as he becomes party boss

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Wednesday tweeted as newly-elected president Mallikarjun Kharge took formal charge of party affairs at a ceremony in Delhi. The party shared a chart outlining Kharge's political journey, identifying the Rajya Sabha MP as the 'son of a mill worker' and someone whose rise to the top post made it 'the party of the nation, workers, and public'. …

Congress President Election LIVE: Rahul Gandhi Terms Karnataka Government 'Most Corrupt', BJP Retaliates
2 years, 5 months ago

Congress President Election LIVE: Rahul Gandhi Terms Karnataka Government 'Most Corrupt', BJP Retaliates

News 18  

Congress President Election LIVE Updates: Karnataka BJP on Tuesday retaliated to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remark during the Karnataka leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra, when he termed the state government as “most corrupt”. BJP hit back saying, “The Modi government has banned anti-social organizations including the Jihadi Janata who have been trying to create internal terror in the country under …

Caste constant in Karnataka
3 years, 7 months ago

Caste constant in Karnataka

The Hindu  

AN era ended in Karnataka politics when the 78-year-old B.S. In an interaction with the media soon after he was made Chief Minister, Basavaraj Bommai acknowledged Yediyurappa’s undisputed leadership: “He is our leader, he will be our leader always and mentor our party in Karnataka.” Dark horse Basavaraj Bommai’s name was not among the frontrunners for chief ministership when it …

How Lingayat community became a key BJP vote bank in Karnataka
3 years, 7 months ago

How Lingayat community became a key BJP vote bank in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s constant appeal to seers and supporters from the Lingayat community, to refrain from protesting a move by the BJP high command to remove him from the post, has not exactly been received well, as the community continues to strongly oppose the decision, warning the Centre of “consequences”. MB Patil, a Lingayat leader in the Congress …

Senior leader DK Shivakumar new Karnataka Congress president
5 years ago

Senior leader DK Shivakumar new Karnataka Congress president

India Today  

The Congress has appointed senior leader DK Shivakumar as the new chief of the Karnataka unit of the party. The decision to name former minister DK Shivakumar as the chief of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee was announced by the party high command in a press release on Wednesday. After resigning from the post of CLP leader and taking responsibility …

Siddaramaiah tells Sonia Gandhi Congress needs Lingayat chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka, bats for MB Patil
5 years, 2 months ago

Siddaramaiah tells Sonia Gandhi Congress needs Lingayat chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka, bats for MB Patil

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday apprised the Congress top brass including interim President Sonia Gandhi, senior leader AK Antony and Ahmed Patel about the need of a ‘Lingayath’ state chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka, sources said. Former chief minister urged Sonia Gandhi to offer the command of state Congress to one of his close …

Siddaramaiah pitches for Lingayath state chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka
5 years, 2 months ago

Siddaramaiah pitches for Lingayath state chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka

India Today  

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday apprised the Congress top brass including interim President Sonia Gandhi, senior leader AK Antony and Ahmed Patel about the need of a 'Lingayath' state chief to tackle BJP in north Karnataka, sources said. On the other hand, after resigning from the post of CLP leader and taking responsibility for the loss in the …

Maharashtra govt formation: From Udayanraje Bhosale to Ganesh Naik, NCP leaders who joined BJP paid a heavy price
5 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra govt formation: From Udayanraje Bhosale to Ganesh Naik, NCP leaders who joined BJP paid a heavy price

Firstpost  

On 8 November, when the BJP was attempting to muster up the numbers for a government led by Devendra Fadnavis, Nationalist Congress Party leader Jitendra Awhad shared a message on Twitter which essentially said, “While Shiv Sena MLAs are at Rang Sharda and Congress MLAs are in Jaipur, NCP MLAs are at their homes. Bhosale — a direct descendant of …

Karnataka Congress may scrap post of a second working president
6 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka Congress may scrap post of a second working president

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Almost one year after creating the post of a second state working president, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to do away with the arrangement as part of its organizational restructuring in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress, which always had one working president at the state level, made an exception in Karnataka to …

Karnataka Congress working president SR Patil resigns, takes moral responsibility for party's poor show
6 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka Congress working president SR Patil resigns, takes moral responsibility for party's poor show

Firstpost  

The Congress had managed to wrest a few seats from BJP, but lost many in North Karnataka, an electorally significant region dominated by Lingayat community. Bengaluru: Karnataka North Congress Working President SR Patil has tendered his resignation over the party’s “unsatisfactory performance” in the recent assembly elections in North Karnataka. “I have sent my resignation to Shri Rahul Gandhiji through …

Wide Angle: Karnataka polls In their end is a larger beginning
6 years, 9 months ago

Wide Angle: Karnataka polls In their end is a larger beginning

Deccan Chronicle  

Unlike, say, M.Veerappa Moily, who is a Congress leader in Karnataka, the outgoing chief minister Siddaramaiah is more of a Karnataka leader in the Congress. One purpose of Indira Gandhi’s Congress split in 1969 was a general diminution of Congress power centres, real or potential, to render them more manageable, more amenable to her plans. In 2004 when Congress president …

Karnataka: Cracks appear in the coalition as the Lingayat card continues to haunt Congress
6 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka: Cracks appear in the coalition as the Lingayat card continues to haunt Congress

Op India  

In a new development in Karnataka, at least two MLAs from Congress have threatened to resign from the party, if the Congress party decides to make M B Patil a minister in the present coalition government. It is clear that Congress party wants to resign this disaster to M B Patil, as he was strongly supporting the minority tag for …

Karnataka govt formation: Lingayat body demands deputy CM's post for its president, larger role in cabinet
6 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka govt formation: Lingayat body demands deputy CM's post for its president, larger role in cabinet

Firstpost  

Shivakumar too is an influential Vokkaliga leader in the state, a fact that could go against him, given that Lingayats are the second largest bloc of MLAs among 78 victorious Congress candidates. A Lingayat body has demanded the post of deputy chief minister for its president and a larger role in the Karnataka cabinet even as the Congress and Janata …

Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2018: Lingayat gamble by Congress dealt serious blow to party, contributed to BJP's votebank
6 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka Assembly Election Results 2018: Lingayat gamble by Congress dealt serious blow to party, contributed to BJP's votebank

Firstpost  

As BJP emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, one thing became clear — Congress’ Lingayat move had failed to clinch votes for the grand old party contributing to BJP’s win in 104 constituencies across the state. As Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party in the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, one thing …

Karnataka Congress leader MV Rajasekharan hails Modi, compares PM to Indira Gandhi
7 years, 11 months ago

Karnataka Congress leader MV Rajasekharan hails Modi, compares PM to Indira Gandhi

Firstpost  

Congress leader from Karnataka and former Union minister MV Rajasekharan has showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and congratulated him for the BJP’s success in the recent Assembly polls New Delhi: Congress leader from Karnataka and former Union minister MV Rajasekharan has showered praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and congratulated him for the BJP’s success in the recent …

After Janata Parivar merger, Digvijay calls for reunion of Congress splinters | IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

After Janata Parivar merger, Digvijay calls for reunion of Congress splinters | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Inspired by the merger of the Janata Parivar parties, senior Congress leader Digivijay Singh today gave a call for the homecoming of leaders and outfits that were once part of India's oldest political party. Meanwhile, disagreeing with suggestions that the coming together of the six erstwhile Janata Parivar parties was a threat to Congress, Singh said that while …

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah felicitated in AP
11 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah felicitated in AP

India TV News  

Hyderabad, Jun 8: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was felicitated at a function organised by Rajya Sabha member V Hanumantha Rao here today after Congress' win in the Assembly polls in that state last month. Union Ministers of State Rahman Khan, Panabaka Lakshmi, Balram Naik, Srikanth Jena, Sarve Satyanarayana, MPs T Subbarami Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Vishwanath, state ministers, Legislative Council Chairman …

Congress eyes influential Lingayat community in Karnataka
12 years, 1 month ago

Congress eyes influential Lingayat community in Karnataka

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jan 24: Seeking to woo the influential Lingayat community ahead of Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress Wednesday appointed Veerana A Mathikatti, a prominent Lingayat leader from north Karnataka as head of the party's Campaign Committee. Former Minister D K Shivakumar, a close associate of senior leader S M Krishna, has been made Co-Chairman of the Committee.Ramesh Kumar K R, …

Shankarsinh Vaghela
20 years, 10 months ago

Shankarsinh Vaghela

Hindustan Times  

Detractors say he has to always hog the limelight. From an almost thirty-year spell in the BJP to being state Gujarat Congress chief is a remarkable turnaround. HT Image Vaghela shot into fame nationally after the famous Khajuraho 'incident' of September 1995, when he led a group of 48 BJP MLAs in an internal revolt in ruling BJP. Quitting BJP …

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