Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and he himself were among several politicians who received threat calls from Saudi Arabia and Dubai in the aftermath of two deaths in police firing during violent protests against the CAA and NRC in Mangaluru in December 2019, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa on Thursday expanded his six-month-old Cabinet with the induction of ten Ministers. The ministers were sworn-in at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan with the Governor Vajubhai Vala administering oath of office and secrecy.
Following a verbal spat with the seer of 'Panchamasali Guru Peetha', Vachanananda Swamiji, who was recommending to appoint BJP leader as minister from the community threatening if it is not done then the Lingayat community will leave Yediyurappa, the Karnataka CM said he was ready to quit the CM post but cannot be threatened like this.
The backward district headquarters (Yadgir) is about 490km from Bengaluru in North Karnataka.
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy says "...If they want to continue with the same thing, I am ready to step down. They are crossing the line", when asked 'Congress MLAs are saying that Siddaramaiah is their CM'.'
Following the killing of his party man, Kumaraswamy purportedly gave instruction to the official over phone, which was caught on camera and went viral.
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy announces Rs 2 cut in petrol, diesel prices
Kumaraswamy on Saturday broke down and said that he has "swallowed" the poison of his party's coalition like Lord Vishakantha.
There are about 525 pilgrims stranded in Simikot, 550 in Hilsa and another 500 more in Tibet side, an official statement by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said.
While the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) will keep the Finance portfolio, the Congress will get Home among other departments.
The Kumaraswamy government won the confidence motion with a voice note in the new Assembly after opposition BJP members led by former CM BS Yeddyurappa walked out of the House minutes ahead of the floor test.
The oath-taking ceremony turned out to be a springboard for Opposition unity, which aims at dislodging the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
This will be Kumarawamy's second term as the chief minister of Karnataka since 2007, when he last held the post for 20 months.
Mamata Banerjee said they would not leave any scope for any party to place obstacles in the coming together of regional parties.
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Before stepping down as the chief minister, Yeddyurappa delivered an emotional 15-page speech in the Karnataka Assembly, focused on Lingayats and farmers of the state.
Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala invited Yeddyurappa to form the government through a letter, after the latter was formally elected leader of the BJP legislature party. The governor has given him 15 days to prove his majority on the floor of the hous
Meanwhile, newly sworn in Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said he was "100 per cent sure" of winning the vote of confidence in the assembly and completing the five-year term.
Here is a quick glance at the series of events unfolded right after governor's invitation to BJP's BS Yeddyurappa to form government in Karnataka and prove the majority on the floor of the House in 15 days -
The bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri, while seeking Yeddyurappa's response on the petition by Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) seeking to stall his swearing-in, has directed further hearing of the matter at 10.30 a.m. on Friday.
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