Shortly before meeting Patil, Singh and Gowda, the Modi government 3.0 announced the portfolios of Cabinet ministers who took oath on Sunday. Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman retained the top four ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and FInance respectively.
Karnataka: Prajwal Revanna is under investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation, following a complaint by a former household worker.
HD Revanna, son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, seeks anticipatory bail amidst his involvement in the Karnataka sex scandal. Meanwhile, the scandal takes a new twist as Prajwal Revanna's ex-driver releases a video statement from Malaysia, denying involvement.
Hassan Lok Sabha Election 2024: Prajwal Revanna, the Janata Dal-Secular candidate and grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda, won the constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by defeating BJP's A Manju. Gowda represented the seat several times including three times in a row in 2004, 2009 and 2014.
Siddaramaiah claimed that many JD(S) MLAs were on the verge of resigning from the party, which prompted its alliance with the BJP.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's health is being monitored by a team of senior doctors. In January, Gowda said he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in view of his age.
HD Deve Gowda, a former Prime Minister, on October 19 claimed that all the state units of his party, including- Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, had given their consent for it to align with the BJP and that Vijayan had concurred with the move that would save the JDS.
Ibrahim, a former Union Civil Aviation Minister and a key member of the party, earlier said he would soon convene a meeting of the "core committee" which would meet Gowda to convey the decision taken in the meeting convened by him that the JD(S) should not become an alliance partner of the BJP.
Ibrahim on Monday said that there was no question of him quitting the JD(S) as he was the "real JD(S)". Kumaraswamy hit back at him asking to "put up a board that he is the original one".
In a major embarrassment for the JDS high command, the party's Kerala unit has rejected decision to join the NDA for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and preferred staying with the Left Front government in the state.
The Janata Dal-Secular has long been a third player in Karnataka where the Congress and the BJP have been the two main parties.
Senior BJP leader Yediyurappa, a former Karnataka Chief Minister, had claimed on Friday that Janata Dal (Secular) had tied up with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and that the regional party will contest about four seats.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shan and BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi to discuss alliance for next year's Lok Sabha elections.
Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda said he never thought he would see the new Parliament building in his lifetime.
The JDS supremo’s confirmation comes days after BJP veteran and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on September 8 claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has agreed to give four Lok Sabha seats to the JDS as part of the poll understanding between the two parties.
Earlier, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda had said that the JDS would fight the Lok Sabha elections independently in 2024.
HD Devegowda served as the 11th Prime Minister of India from June 1996 to April 1997.
The development has come in the backdrop of state BJP strong man and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa openly seeking JD(S) support in the seats where the regional party is not contesting.
The meeting between the duo took place on the second day of the winter session of the Parliament which began on November 29.
In a major move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws.
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