Devegowd kicks off campaign in Karnataka, vows to bring back Muslim reservation
1 year, 8 months ago

Devegowd kicks off campaign in Karnataka, vows to bring back Muslim reservation

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Janata Dal Secular supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda on Monday hit the campaign for his party nominees starting from Sira Assembly seat in Tumakuru district and vowed to bring back reservation for Muslims in Karnataka which has been taken away by the Bharatiya Janata Party led State Government. “I have not let down Muslims and have resolved Idgah maidan row in Hubballi among others,” Devegowda recalled and stated that he has four years of term as a Rajya Sabha member and would also strive hard to get women’s reservation Bill passed in Lok Sabha as well. Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Devegowda said “Modi says women’s reservation is of paramount importance but what has he done?” and pointed out that the Women's Reservation Bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha and needs to be passed in Lok Sabha as well. The former Prime Minister said that Kumaraswamy has been Chief Minister twice and he dreams of upliftment of poor rather than ascending CM’s post and wants to serve the poor man who have burdened nowadays and stated that Kumaraswamy as CM fulfilled his assurance of farm loan waiver.

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Devegowda’s political era is over: Siddaramaiah’s jibe at ex-PM
1 month ago

Devegowda’s political era is over: Siddaramaiah’s jibe at ex-PM

Hindustan Times  

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda’s political era has ended, chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday during the “Janakalyana Samavesha” convention in Hassan on Thursday. He also accused Devegowda of engaging in “vendetta politics” and criticised the Janata Dal supremo’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and questioned the morality of continuing to call his party “secular”. Without naming the sexual …

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority
7 months ago

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority

The Hindu  

The BJP has suffered setbacks in the Legislative Council elections as it managed to win just one of the four seats it contested. In Bangalore Graduates’ seat, Congress nominee Ramoji Gowda, who polled 36,729 votes, defeated the incumbent BJP member A. Deve Gowda by a margin of 11,841 votes. Incumbent Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil defeated BJP nominee Amarnath Patil by …

Clear Signs of BJP Retaining Power: Vishweshwar Reddy
8 months, 1 week ago

Clear Signs of BJP Retaining Power: Vishweshwar Reddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BJP Chevella candidate Konda Vishweshwar Reddy said that the party’s graph was soaring consistently as per recent surveys, and the nation was leaning decisively towards retaining the BJP at the Centre and Narendra Modi as Prime Minister. Reddy pointed out that Rahul Gandhi's advocacy on certain issues appears to contradict the principles enshrined in the Constitution and the ideals …

Devegowda Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for BJP-JDS Alliance in Lok Sabha Polls
9 months, 1 week ago

Devegowda Highlights Challenges and Opportunities for BJP-JDS Alliance in Lok Sabha Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Over the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal Secular jointly contesting the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, National President of Janata Dal Secular and former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda observed on Friday that "It is not going to be easy for BJP-JDS to challenge the Congress party in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls considering their resources" and stated …

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details
9 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP retains Tejasvi Surya and PC Mohan in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats. Full details

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party released the list of candidates from Karnataka for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday evening. For Bengaluru, two sitting MPs retained their seats, and two other Lok Sabha constituencies will see new faces. BJP retains two sitting MPs in Bengaluru, brings new faces to two other seats According to the list, both Bengaluru South and …

Deve Gowda asks BJP Karnataka chief Vijayendra to fight LS poll together without any confusion
1 year, 1 month ago

Deve Gowda asks BJP Karnataka chief Vijayendra to fight LS poll together without any confusion

Hindustan Times  

Newly appointed BJP Karnataka president B Y Vijayendra on Monday said JD patriarch H D Deve Gowda has asked him that the BJP and JD should fight the Lok Sabha elections together without giving room for confusion. READ | Karnataka LoP to be decided after BY Vijayendra's Delhi visit "He told me the BJP and the JD should fight the …

‘Our Alliance with BJP Won’t Adversely Impact Relationship with Minorities’: HD Revanna to News18 - News18
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Our Alliance with BJP Won’t Adversely Impact Relationship with Minorities’: HD Revanna to News18 - News18

News 18  

HD Revanna, the Hassan-strongman son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, maintains that the Muslims will continue to support Janata Dal-Secular despite the alliance with the BJP, which was formalised a week ago. Q: HD Kumaraswamy said he does not need the support of Muslims, and Deve Gowda says he will protect the interests of the minorities. Danish Ali …

RS Chairman Dhankhar Signs Women's Reservation Bill; to Be Placed Before President for Her Assent
1 year, 3 months ago

RS Chairman Dhankhar Signs Women's Reservation Bill; to Be Placed Before President for Her Assent

News 18  

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday signed the women’s reservation bill as passed by Parliament before it is presented to President Droupadi Murmu for her assent. The Constitution amendment bill was passed by the Lok Sabha with near unanimity and the Rajya Sabha with unanimity during a special session of Parliament earlier this month. The bill, …

Deve Gowda Assures Protection to Minorities in Karnataka
1 year, 3 months ago

Deve Gowda Assures Protection to Minorities in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Having forged an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party by the Janata Dal Secular in Karnataka, JDS supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru, Devegowda stated that secular credentials of his party have not been “let down” for political gains and said “Now the question is protection of Minorities after alliance with BJP and the former Prime …

Passing of the quota bill suggests government's commitment to women
1 year, 3 months ago

Passing of the quota bill suggests government's commitment to women

Hindustan Times  

Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the first bill to be introduced and passed on the floor of the new Parliament building, will be etched in history as one of the most progressive legislations that presents a practical, politically acceptable, and implementable roadmap for women’s reservation in India. In 1996, when a women’s reservation bill was introduced in Parliament by the then …

Legislation Turns Into Campaign: Women's Reservation Bill Or a Disappearing Act?
1 year, 3 months ago

Legislation Turns Into Campaign: Women's Reservation Bill Or a Disappearing Act?

The Quint  

In the initial euphoria of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, every political outfit has staked claim to credit. These are not fictional claims, for many have devolved political power to women, though insufficient. The Indian National Congress passed the 73 and 74 Amendment Bills and many parties across states increased reservations in local governments from 33 percent to 50 percent. …

Women's reservation should be done only after caste census: Tamil Nadu Congress
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's reservation should be done only after caste census: Tamil Nadu Congress

New Indian Express  

DINDIGUL: Tamil Nadu Congress committee leader KS Alagiri said the women's reservation bill passed in Lok Sabha will only benefit the BJP government due to the delimitation process as they will try to bring more MPs from the states where they have a vote bank. Through this, they can form the majority government by excluding southern and northeastern states, which …

VIDEO: 'Matter not with me,' says former PM HD Deve Gowda on JDS-BJP seat-sharing issue
1 year, 3 months ago

VIDEO: 'Matter not with me,' says former PM HD Deve Gowda on JDS-BJP seat-sharing issue

India TV News  

JDS-BJP seat sharing issue: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular national president HD Deve Gowda today said that the matter regarding the seat-sharing between JD and Bharatiya Janata Party is not with him adding that party leader HD Kumaraswamy will discuss the issue. Earlier, former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy termed as personal reaction remarks of BS Yediyurappa about Janata …

BJP and its decades-long preparation to leverage women’s reservation Bill
1 year, 3 months ago

BJP and its decades-long preparation to leverage women’s reservation Bill

The Hindu  

The timing of the implementation of the Women’s Reservation Bill, now finally cleared through Parliament, is still a matter of conjecture, but the BJP says it is in the best possible position to furnish the 180 women candidates for the Lok Sabha and hundreds for State Assembly that will be required when the Bill does get translated on the ground. …

Women’s reservation Bill | Question of representation comes to the fore during debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women’s reservation Bill | Question of representation comes to the fore during debate

The Hindu  

September 20, 2023 03:54 pm | Updated September 21, 2023 02:09 am IST - NEW DELHI The prickly question of representation, and who can speak on whose behalf, came to the fore in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, ironically while debating the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or the women’s reservation Bill. As soon as BJP’s lead speaker Jharkhand MP Nishikant …

T.N. CM Stalin welcomes women’s reservation Bill; seeks assurance from PM Modi on Lok Sabha seats for south India
1 year, 3 months ago

T.N. CM Stalin welcomes women’s reservation Bill; seeks assurance from PM Modi on Lok Sabha seats for south India

The Hindu  

DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday welcomed the Women’s Reservation Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on September 19, 2023, but made a strong call to defeat the “political conspiracy” to reduce the number of Lok Sabha seats from south India, through the proposed delimitation exercise based on the new population census. We have to …

'You tried to kill MPs': BJP MP to Sonia Gandhi over OBC push, cites 2012 fight
1 year, 3 months ago

'You tried to kill MPs': BJP MP to Sonia Gandhi over OBC push, cites 2012 fight

India Today  

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday cited a clash between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in the Lok Sabha in 2012 over a bill for reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to counter Sonia Gandhi who pushed for the quota for Other Backward Classes in the women’s reservation bill. In December 2012, Samajwadi Party member Yashvir Singh snatched …

MK Stalin welcomes Women's Reservation Bill but questions timing
1 year, 3 months ago

MK Stalin welcomes Women's Reservation Bill but questions timing

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin welcomed the Women's Reservation Bill but questioned the BJP's commitment to women's rights and the timing of the bill. While appreciating the introduction of the women's reservation bill, Stalin suggested that the BJP's intentions behind the move should be cleared. If the BJP had a genuine concern about women's rights, they …

Women's Reservation Bill: Why did SP, JDU and BSP, parties that opposed 13 years ago, back it now?
1 year, 3 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill: Why did SP, JDU and BSP, parties that opposed 13 years ago, back it now?

India TV News  

The Women's Reservation Bill is set to sail through Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the coming days as the Modi government is not facing the number barrier like previous governments. Quota for the minority: Samajwadi Party SP MP Dimple Yadav said if the government's intention is positive and if they think that women should get their rights and respect, …

Karnataka’s long legacy in reservation for women in politics
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka’s long legacy in reservation for women in politics

The Hindu  

While the Women’s Reservation Bill introduced in the Parliament on Tuesday has attracted country-wide discussion, Karnataka has a long history with regard to reservation for women in politics. Incidentally, it was during Mr. Gowda’s tenure as Chief Minister that women’s reservation in Panchayat Raj was provided as per the provisions of the 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution. Contribution …

INDIA bloc likely to back Women’s Reservation Bill, even as parties point to its flaws
1 year, 3 months ago

INDIA bloc likely to back Women’s Reservation Bill, even as parties point to its flaws

The Hindu  

The Women’s Reservation Bill has put the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance bloc in a spot, with almost all member parties expected to come out in support of the legislation, although they are trying to discount the political capital that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP hope to earn from it by pointing out the rider in the Bill, …

'English-speaking actresses from TV serials with short hair... ': SP leader's foot in mouth on Women's Reservation Bill
1 year, 3 months ago

'English-speaking actresses from TV serials with short hair... ': SP leader's foot in mouth on Women's Reservation Bill

Firstpost  

Samajwadi Party leader I P Singh said if the Women’s Reservation Bill is introduced in the parliament then the Government will have to give reservation under SC, ST, OBC The Samajwadi Party has has come out openly to oppose the Women’s Reservation Bill tabled in Lok Sabha Tuesday and, at that, with a barrage of anti-women comments. Now, on the …

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate

Hindustan Times  

Sep 19, 2023 7:09 PM IST "The women's reservation bill that has been brought in Parliament is a welcome step. From the year 2006, we gave 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj institutions and from the year 2007 to municipal bodies. Since 2006, women are being given 50 per cent reservation in primary teacher employment and from …

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate
1 year, 3 months ago

Women reservation bill Highlights: Sonia Gandhi to be Congress main speaker in debate

Hindustan Times  

Sep 19, 2023 7:09 PM IST "The women's reservation bill that has been brought in Parliament is a welcome step. From the year 2006, we gave 50 per cent reservation to women in Panchayati Raj institutions and from the year 2007 to municipal bodies. Since 2006, women are being given 50 per cent reservation in primary teacher employment and from …

Hopeful for Women’s Bill, only PM Modi can get it done, says Vanathi Srinivasan
1 year, 3 months ago

Hopeful for Women’s Bill, only PM Modi can get it done, says Vanathi Srinivasan

The Hindu  

BJP Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan said on September 14 that she was “hopeful” that the Women’s Reservation Bill would be cleared sooner rather than later, adding that “only Prime Minister Modi has the focus and intent to get it done”. Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Srinivasan said that the BJP had long been supportive of efforts to clear the …

JDS joins hands with BJP in Karnataka for Lok Sabha Polls
1 year, 4 months ago

JDS joins hands with BJP in Karnataka for Lok Sabha Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: After going with the Congress party in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Janata Dal Secular will now be joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka and as per the seat sharing agreement between the two parties, four seats will be left for JDS and 24 seats will be contested by BJP nominees. …

Devegowda exudes confidence of JD(S) clinching power in polls
1 year, 8 months ago

Devegowda exudes confidence of JD(S) clinching power in polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: JD supremo HD Devegowda exuded confidence in his party getting a majority with Kumaraswamy at the helm. Speaking to reporters at Surathkal, Devegowda praised Kumaraswamy's work as Chief Minister and stated that the people had taken notice and would support the party in the upcoming election. Devegowda highlighted Kumaraswamy's impressive accomplishments and gave an example of waiving a large …

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: JD(S) promises to restore 4% reservation for Muslims in poll manifesto
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: JD(S) promises to restore 4% reservation for Muslims in poll manifesto

Hindustan Times  

The JD on Thursday released its "Janata Pranalike" for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka promising to restore four per cent reservation for Muslims, to "throw out" Amul and to save Nandini brand calling it Kannadiga's identity, among various assurances. Just ahead of the announcement of polls in Karnataka, the State Cabinet led by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had …

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 25 defended the BJP Government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping 4% quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation.’ The former BJP chief also took a dig at the Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the State after the …

Explained | On reservation for women in politics
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | On reservation for women in politics

The Hindu  

The story so far: A day before her appearance in front of the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi liquor policy case, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K. Kavitha launched a six-hour hunger strike on March 10 seeking early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill. In 1931, in their letter to the British Prime Minister, submitting the official memorandum jointly issued …

Will Deve Gowda family's fratricidal war spell JD(S)'s doom in Karnataka Assembly polls?
1 year, 11 months ago

Will Deve Gowda family's fratricidal war spell JD(S)'s doom in Karnataka Assembly polls?

India Today  

With the Assembly polls in Karnataka less than four months away, a fierce fratricidal war has broken out in former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s household with the first circle of family members jostling for party tickets. Hours after Gowda’s first daughter-in-law Bhavani Revanna announced her “desire” to contest the election from Hassan constituency, Gowda’s younger son and former chief …

JD(S) will not contest upcoming by-polls in Karnataka: H D Deve Gowda
3 years, 11 months ago

JD(S) will not contest upcoming by-polls in Karnataka: H D Deve Gowda

Deccan Chronicle  

Raichur: JD patriarch H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday said his party will not contest by-elections for Belgaum Lok Sabha segment, and Basavakalyan, Sindgi and Maski Assembly seats. "JD will not field its candidates for bypolls to Belgaum Lok Sabha and Basavakalyan, Sindgi and Maski Assembly seats. While by-polls to Belgaum Lok Sabha and Basavakalyan Assembly seats are necessitated following …

JD(S) Will Not Contest Upcoming By-polls in Karnataka: H D Deve Gowda
3 years, 11 months ago

JD(S) Will Not Contest Upcoming By-polls in Karnataka: H D Deve Gowda

News 18  

JD patriarch H D Deve Gowda on Wednesday said his party will not contest by-elections for Belgaum Lok Sabha segment, and Basavakalyan, Sindgi, and Maski Assembly seats. “JD will not field its candidates for by-polls to Belgaum Lok Sabha and Basavakalyan, Sindgi and Maski Assembly seats. While by-polls to Belgaum Lok Sabha and Basavakalyan Assembly seats are necessitated following the …

Former PM Deve Gowda to contest June 19 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka
4 years, 7 months ago

Former PM Deve Gowda to contest June 19 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka

India TV News  

JD patriarch H D Deve Gowda has decided to contest the June 19 Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka and will be filing his nominations on Tuesday, his son and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday. He said the former Prime Minister made his decision following the request of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, several national leaders and party …

Women's Reservation Bill: All you need to know about the bill which will bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha
4 years, 10 months ago

Women's Reservation Bill: All you need to know about the bill which will bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha

India Today  

The position of women in Indian politics is becoming stonger day by day, with strong female political figures in our country. To increase the participation of women in the parliament, Women's Reservation Bill was introduced in the upper and lower house, but is still pending in Lok Sabha, despite its reintroduction. Women's Reservation Bill is a pending bill in the …

Karnataka: After nominations, parties to focus on ending dissent in ranks
5 years, 9 months ago

Karnataka: After nominations, parties to focus on ending dissent in ranks

Live Mint  

A total of 362 candidates have filed 455 nominations for the 14 parliamentary constituencies going to the polls in the first of two phases of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, scheduled to be held on 18 April, election authorities said on Tuesday. Senior leaders from the three major parties--Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Janata Dal --rushing to complete the formalities …

Elections 2019: Women’s reservation in politics back on the agenda
5 years, 9 months ago

Elections 2019: Women’s reservation in politics back on the agenda

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Testing the waters for women’s reservation in politics, two regional parties have decided that at least a third of their candidates in the Lok Sabha elections will be women. A day after the Biju Janata Dal declared 33% reservation for women in the forthcoming elections, the Trinamool Congress said it would allocate 41% of Lok Sabha poll tickets …

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