BJP lost in Karnataka

The recent verdict by voters in Karnatka have defeated the corruption in politics. BJP was ruling party there, which reduced to only 40 seats, where as Congress gained 121 seats out of 224 legislative assembly constituencies in Karnataka. Election was held for 223 seats on May 5, 2013.

Congress is the single largest party in the state, which will form the government in Karnataka after a gap of 9 years.

The BSY and Lingayat Community have deserted the BJP and brought it to minority in the sate. As expected the BJP has lost the only southern state having rule there. The core issue was the corruption, and BJP had to face the music.

If the same equation works in the next general elections, then Congress-led UPA might face the same, as the list of scam there with coalition government at centre.

The NaMo factor did not work there in Karnatka, and time for the party to streamline its further strategies for the next general elections in India.

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Corruption and violation of law will not be tolerated: Advani

The Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on said that "If there are differences, the workers should discuss with the leaders. But corruption and violation of law will not be tolerated."

He was addressing public at Ranebennur, in Haveri district in Karnataka. Suprisingly, Advani did not mentioned about the former BJP leader and Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa who launched his KJP at Haveri.

In his 20 minutes speech, Advani spoke about the development of the party since the independence and the good performance of the BJP government.

The BJP President Rajnath Singh and senior leader Sushma Swaraj attacked the UPA government over corruption issues while addressing gathering there.

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BS Yeddyurappa exits BJP

Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa, popularly known as B. S. Yeddyurappa , is all set to resign from the primary members ship of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the former Chief Minister of Karnatka.

The 70-year-old Lingayat leader, Yeddyurappa once was the strongest leader of BJP, who worked for the party now declared his exit from Bharatiya Janata Party.

This will be a big blow for the BJP in the south India. It has been speculated for last couple of months about Yeddyurappa leaving the BJP.

Yeddyurappa will resign from the BJP as well as from MLAship on Friday, 30 Nov 2012, media reported that he would send his resignation to Speaker KG Bopaiah.

Yeddyurappa told media that he would formally join the Karnataka Janatha Paksha in December. 

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Airtel brings the 4G revolution to Bengaluru

Press Release

Bengaluru, 7th May 2012: Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecom services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today launched its 4G services in India’s IT hub - Bengaluru. Following the recent inaugural launch of Airtel 4G services in Kolkata, customers in Bengaluru have now become the second in India to have access to cutting-edge 4G LTE technology that delivers the most advanced wireless broadband experience available across the globe. As a first for the telecom industry worldwide, Airtel has also introduced ‘Smartbytes’ for 4G – thus allowing customers to buy these add on packs and continue enjoying the 4G experience even after exhausting their monthly data limits.

Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel; Shri D V Sadananda Gowda, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka; Mr. K Srinivas, President - Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel

Airtel’s 4G network in Bengaluru was launched by Mr. D. V. Sadananda Gowda, Hon’ble Chief Minister of the state of Karnataka. Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel said, “As seen the world over, the total data usage is exploding and is doubling each year to grow to nearly 3.6 hexabytes by 2014. With the launch of 4G, India will move from being a follower in technology to matching the world in this domain. Leading from the front, Airtel is now the only operator that gives citizens of the Information Technology capital of Bengaluru, access to entire spectrum of broadband services including 2G, 3G and now 4G - thereby giving the customers never seen before data experience”. Besides offering rich content, Airtel 4G will allow superfast access to High Definition (HD) video streaming, multiple chatting, instant uploading of photos and much more.

As part of an exciting introductory offer by Airtel, customers subscribing to 4G services will now be given a cashback for the CPE / dongle - thus bringing device cost to customers zero and paving way for mass adoption of 4G services. Airtel 4G is now also available in an all new 30GB pack priced at Rs. 2999.

Customers on Airtel 4G can already choose from a catalogue of over 35 high quality Bollywood movie titles and leverage the power of 4G to enjoy an unmatched video streaming experience. While 10 movie titles will be available free of cost for customers during the first month, movie buffs can pay a monthly subscription of INR 149 and watch unlimited movies. Airtel will be further adding to this list of movies in the catalogue in weeks to come.

In 2010, Airtel had successfully bid for BWA license spectrum in Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) circles. The company has launched its 4G LTE services in Kolkata and Bengaluru and is currently working towards rolling out state-of-the-art networks in remaining licence circles.

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Bharti Airtel appoints Huawei to supply, manage TD LTE (4G) network in Karnataka

Press Release

New Delhi, May 1, 2012: – Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa has selected Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions for operators around the world to plan, design, supply and deploy its TD LTE (4G) network in Karnataka. Besides offering rich data content to the customers in Karnataka, Bharti Airtel’s 4G LTE deployed on Huawei's TD LTE technology, will allow subscribers to experience high speed wireless internet access that can support bandwidth intensive applications, support video streaming and high-definition video conferencing. Under this agreement, Huawei will deliver the LTE solution comprising of network infrastructure and devices.

Sanjay Kapoor, CEO Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) said: “High speed wireless broadband has the potential to transform India, providing a robust platform for building the country’s digital economy. According to industry estimates, mobile data traffic in the country will increase nearly 100-fold by 2015 and consumers will stream nearly 600 hours of video content. With the pioneering launch of 4G LTE, Airtel has paved the way for data revolution in the country by being at the forefront of India’s telecom revolution once again.”

Cai Liqun, CEO of Huawei India, said: “Bharti Airtel is a leading operator with global footprint and high business value. We understand Airtel’s strategic requirements and Huawei being a leading global broadband player; will together achieve a win-win business success. As a leading Telecom solutions partner with substantial experience, we believe our innovative technology as well as strong delivery capability will bring Bharti Airtel’s customers a better user experience and value proposition".

Huawei has partnered with Bharti Airtel in Sri Lanka & part of Bangladesh and is also the 3G provider in the state of Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. Besides, they are also providing pan-India 4G optical network, Carrier Ethernet infrastructure and NGN switches.


About Huawei
Huawei is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks, and now serves 45 of the world’s top 50 operators. Huawei’s products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and support the communication needs of one-third of the world’s population. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers.


About Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G services, fixed line, high speed broadband through DSL, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G mobile services. Bharti Airtel had over 249 million customers across its operations at the end of March 2012. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com

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D V Sadananda Gowda is the New Chief Minister of Karnataka: BJP

By P. Neelakantha Achary

The political crisis of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was closed after the state party chief D V Sadananda Gowda won the confidence of the top brass leaders and state party leaders in a secrete voting on Wednesday, who later on declared as the new chief minister of Karnataka.

BJP had waged anti-corruption drive against the UPA government and planned to grill the government during the monsoon session, but episode of BS Yeddyrappa spoiled its cake.

BS Yeddyurappa, who represents the Lingayat base in the state, has shown a brazen reluctance when the party high command directed him to step down from chief ministership following his indictment in mining scam as quoted by the Lokayukta report.

Let talk about the new and to be chief minister of Karnataka - D V Sadananda Gowda (58), is said to be holding clean image in the state, who will be swearing-in as chief minister on Thursday.

D V Sadananda Gowda, will the second chief minister in the state representing the coastal region of the state, after M Veerappa Moily. He is popularly known as DVS in the state, who became the president of BJP state unit after BS Yeddyurappa stepped into chief minister's position.

DVS has been elected as Member of Parliament(MP) Loksabha from Mangalore constituency for the second time, besides, he also won twice as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA).

Political analysts project that the road will be tough for the new chief minister in exercising his role. The major responsibility will be to restore the clean image of the BJP as it has been touting good governance and clean administration to its opponent party at the centre.

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BJP summons Yeddyurappa to Delhi

BJP summoned the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa following the report submission by Karnataka lokayukta to the chief secretary SV Ranganath today indicting him and his family members for allegedly taking bribes from mining companies.

The report has recommended prosecution of Chief Minister, his family members, Sriramulu and Kumaraswamy, Reddy brothers, and over 600 officials under Prevention of Corruption Act and other laws.

The Lokayukta headed by the former judge of Supreme Court, Justice Santosh Hegde in the report alleged that a trust manged by Yeddyurappa's family members reportedly received Rs 10 crore from a mining company and the trust reportedly sold a piece of land to a mining company fro Rs 20 crore.

It is a major set back for the Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa, as the BJP has been taking the matter very seriously. According to some media reports, the party may ask him to set down a the chief minister.

Interesting the party has started anti-corruption movement in India again the UPA government. Now the UPA got the major issue against the its opposition to balance it counter attack over the issue of corruption.

In Karnataka politics, Lingayat mutt's decision is the biggest factor that determines the fate of political parties. This time the mutts are upset with the Chief Minister over the Lokayukta's report.

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Read Bhagavad Gita in School or Leave India, Why?

The education minister of Karnataka, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri said that every Indian should respect Bhagvad Gita, the Hindu sacred text, else they should leave India.

On July 9th, the minister had issued a circular proposing schools should teach Bhagavad Gita to students at least for an hour on daily basis.

Why students should read the sacred book compulsorily in schools? What does mean a secular state so called India?

Such remarks make the country as well as the community unhealthy and may drag it to social unrest.

Political parties should keep politics out of the education, where our future citizens should not learn hate-politics at least.

How Muslim community will react to it? Its quite obvious that they will and they should not accept this at any cost.

Hope this issue will be sorted out amicable in the state without spreading across the country making mockery of Indian democracy and secularism.

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