No question of replacing Yeddyurappa'

March 25, 2011

Udupi, March 25: Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya said on Thursday that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa would complete his five-year term and there was no question of any replacement.

He told presspersons here that the reports that his (Dr. Acharya's) name was in the list of likely replacements in case Mr. Yeddyurappa stepped down, were irrelevant.

The State had seen a lot of progress after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power.

The Union Planning Commission, which had reviewed the progress of the State, was all praise for it. The commission had approved a Rs. 38,070-crore annual plan for the State for 2011-12. The progress achieved by Karnataka could be a model for other States, he said.

The higher education sector in the State had made rapid strides.

Many degree and engineering colleges had been opened in the State. Priority was being given to improvement of quality in the sector, Dr. Acharya said.

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Mangaluru Airport turns political stage: Congress workers chant for DKS as Venugopal arrives

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December 3,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A group of Congress workers gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday to welcome AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, but the reception quickly turned into a display of support for Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Venugopal arrived in the city to participate in the centenary commemoration of the historic dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. The event, organised by the Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, in association with the Mangalore University Sri Narayana Guru Study Chair, is being held on the university’s Konaje campus.

KPCC general secretary Mithun Rai and several party workers had assembled at the airport to receive Venugopal. However, the moment he stepped out, workers began raising slogans backing Shivakumar.

The university programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

This show of support comes just a day after Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar would lead the government “when the high command decides.” The chief minister made the comment after a breakfast meeting at Shivakumar’s residence—another public display of camaraderie between the two leaders amid ongoing attempts by the party high command to downplay their leadership rivalry.

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