As many as 16,850 villages of 484 districts across the country are getting benefits of seven flagship welfare schemes, including Ujjwala and Saubhagya, of the BJP-led NDA government, BJP President Amit Shah said here on Tuesday.
KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar said that big challenge before both JDS and Congress is to make the coalition government-led by HD Kumaraswamy a success.
H.D Kumaraswamy has said that senior congress leader Dr. G. Parameshwar will take oath as deputy chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday, May 23.
Former minister MB Patil said that two Deputy Chief Minister posts should be created in JDS-Congress coalition government and one should be given to Lingayat community.
The Election Commission said that it would conduct the election to elect 11 members from the State Assembly to the Legislative Council on June 11 and the result would be announced on the same day.
Congress' Karnataka state President G. Parameshwara would be the Deputy Chief Minister in the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government, a party leader said on Tuesday.
Making a point that his decision is not the final in the coalition government, designated Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that if the JDS was given chance to form government independently, he would have waived off the farmers loan within 24 hours.
Amidst rumours that the BJP would come on the way of HD Kumaraswamy from forming the government, an organization moved the Supreme Court seeking stay for swearing in ceremony of Kumaraswamy.
Nine people, including a girl, died on Tuesday in police firing after the ongoing anti-Sterlite protests turned violent with hundreds of people from nearby areas allegedly attacking the District Collectorate demanding closure of the Vedanta Group-run company.
Members of the All India Gramin Dak Sevak Union and its Udupi branch began their indefinite strike in front of the Udupi general post office here on Tuesday, demanding implementation of Kamalesh Chandra Committee recommendations.
