Basavaraj S Bommai

BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday claimed that the Congress party has given tickets to the family members of the ministers due to the lack of suitable candidates.

"When the hijab is not banned where is the question of lifting the ban," Bommai questioned.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday accused the state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of indulging minority appeasement politics while doing "injustice" to Dalits and tribal communities. 

Karnataka's outgoing CM Basavaraj Bommai took responsibility for the poll debacle stating that the party would introspect over the election results.

Karnataka govt abolished the current 4% reservation for Muslims under the OBC quota and transferred them to the 10% pool for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)

Addressing a "Vijay Sankalp Samavesh" in Karnataka's Bellary, the Home Minister said, "BJP is fighting for a complete majority in Karnataka. The people of Karnataka are resolved to make lotus bloom again. On one side it's Modi Ji's BJP and on other side, it's Rahul Baba's tukde tukde gang Congress."

In Belagavi, security has been strengthened on all roadways bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka, and over 1,000 police officers have been posted at 21 border checkpoints and villages.

The mosque-like domes built over a bus stop in Mysuru, Karnataka, disappeared overnight on Sunday after protest by Pratap Simha,

It is notable that Jawaharlal Nehru's sketch appears in the advertisement alongside the drawings of other great leaders from that time like Veer Savarkar.

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai ordered a probe into a video by Al-Qaeda in support of pro-Hijab protests