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Newly-anointed K’taka CM a Lingayat leader, BSY aide
3 years, 5 months ago

Newly-anointed K’taka CM a Lingayat leader, BSY aide

Hindustan Times  

For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Basavaraj Bommai is the ideal candidate to replace BS Yediyurappa as the Karnataka chief minister. Newly elected Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during BJP Legislature Party meeting in Bengaluru, Unlike Yediyurappa, who was part of the BJP from its inception, Bommai started his political career with the Janata Dal. The incoming CM’s father SR Bommai …

Karnataka Lingayat Party Bjp Minister Leader Yediyurappa
Second Bommai to become CM, checks all boxes for BJP
3 years, 5 months ago

Second Bommai to become CM, checks all boxes for BJP

Hindustan Times  

For the Bharatiya Janta Party, Basavaraj Bommai is the ideal candidate to replace BS Yediyurappa. Unlike Yediyurappa, who was part of the BJP from its inception, Bommai started his political career with the Janata Dal and worked with senior leaders including HD Deve Gowda and Ramakrishna Hegde during this time. His father SR Bommai was instrumental in the Janata Party …

Karnataka Lingayat Party Bjp Central Leader Nrc
Yediyurappa plays the Lingayat card, Yexit not a done deal yet
3 years, 5 months ago

Yediyurappa plays the Lingayat card, Yexit not a done deal yet

India Today  

TV news channels are fond of making puns on the ‘nataka’ in Karnataka and call the southern state the land of unending political dramas. The Congress learnt it the hard way in 1990 when the then party president Rajiv Gandhi sacked chief minister Veerendra Patil after communal clashes in Karnataka. Yediyurappa is the only BJP chief minister who is above …

Karnataka Delhi Lingayat Congress Party Bjp Minister
BJP high command's message for Yediyurappa in Karnataka after pontiffs back him as CM
3 years, 5 months ago

BJP high command's message for Yediyurappa in Karnataka after pontiffs back him as CM

India Today  

Facing dissent within the Karnataka BJP, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa received flak from the party high command over attempts to mobilise his supporters and seek support from seers for his continuation in the Chief Minister’s Office, sources said. The sources in the BJP said the party high command pulled up Yediyurappa when they spoke last night as the chief minister …

Karnataka Lingayat Party High Bjp Minister Chief
Yediyurappa replacement rumours: Lingayat pontiffs rally behind Karnataka CM
3 years, 5 months ago

Yediyurappa replacement rumours: Lingayat pontiffs rally behind Karnataka CM

India TV News  

Amid speculations that his exit was on the cards, several pontiffs made a beeline to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa official residence for the second consecutive day on Wednesday and threw their weight behind him. A delegation of about 40 pontiffs met Yediyurappa under the leadership of Siddalinga Swamiji of Siddaganga Mutt, an influential Lingayat seminary in the state, …

Karnataka Lingayat Party Karnataka Cm Yediyurappa
No Chance of Leadership Change in Karnataka, Says Sadananda Gowda
3 years, 5 months ago

No Chance of Leadership Change in Karnataka, Says Sadananda Gowda

News 18  

Former Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday said there was no "chance" of leadership change in Karnataka as the BJP central leadership was pleased with the developmental activities and the handling of COVID-19 in the state. "I don't think there is any truth in the ongoing discussion about the leadership change because these are the decisions which are …

Karnataka Lingayat Bjp Minister Gowda Yediyurappa No Chance