The view of the swearing-in ceremony from the roof of Visvesvaraya Towers (top); the lone woman minister Shobha Karandlaje urges the new chief minister to greet the hordes after the ceremony (middle); and all the members of the B.S. Yediyurappa family pose for the camera in his office after he takes charge (bottom).
Photographs: Karnataka Photo News
Your references to Karandalaje are akin to a smear campaign. I am surprised you did not say that she was conspicuous by absence in the last picture.
Also.. thanks for the photos. A great crowd, a great crown prince and a great CM. Picture perfect.
Well, it seems Churumuri wont leave Shobha Karandlaje apart. When there were better pics [Yeddi and BJP members waiving hands together; Yeddi touching Advani’s feet, Yeddi and Modi hugging each other and many more] to put, why pick only Shobha’s pic?
You may say its entirely my prerogative, muchkondiru like N Ram of The Hindu. But still… churumuri, get well soon!!
The first photo is the best. Something that not many have captured. But somehow it seems to me that the Vikasa Soudha never really came near to the original building. Somehow no photographer seems to have captured both of them quite well together.
I don’t care to much about the remaining two photos.
I think Churumuri is deliberately showcasing Shobha Gowda Karandlaje to signify golmal between her and Yed.
Enough is enough.
Read this link you will know about the People who own Karnataka BJP!! I am not talking about BJP Supporters in Karnataka.
http://www.greatandhra.com/ganews/viewnews.php?id=7769&cat=15&scat=16
ella ok.. indiramma yake?
@ those who take exception to putting Yeddi-laje in the same frame –
yeddigildero nachige mana maryade nimgyake? gowda nidde madtirodu illa mudde tintiro fotona esht sali hakadru I dont see you people squealing.. ivaga enuf is enuffa?
You HAD to put that second pictur there, didn’t you? Come on guy(s) at churumuri, PLEASE don’t go the ToI way!!!!
Why did yeddi fall at the feet of BJP clowns.TS,Dr.Ramesh,Sumne Neeve,sisya pour scorn on kongas.They have valid reasons.Why is that kannadigas cannot muster courage to challenge the reddy mafia in bellary?Dispiriting to say the least.
Can the BJP come to the aid of badugas in niligiris.I had been to ooty recently.It was nice to see the badugas being spirited against overwhelming odds.
I hope yeddi has hosur,hogenakkal and ooty in mind when he negotiates with karunanithi on the cauvery issue.Karnataka should use the BJP influence to wrest these regions from TN.
Gopinath munde did not seem very happy.The idea of India seems so artificial.
Also BJP badly needs leaders from Hyderabad Karnataka,bunts and kodavas.Perhaps a madhva swamiji as well.
Also a credible leader from the konkanis.
1.Very good top view.Bengaluru, at least this part of it, looks green and nice.
2.Hmmm— Interesting!
3.Nice family photo.The mommaga in orange looks so much like his ajja.
On day oe itself the BJP Government has shown that they wanted to rule by pomp and show and not by simple ceremonies. Ofcourse, giving free power to farmers,loan waiver are also economically dear products as that of yielding to Mining kings like Reddys.One wonders whether he can come out of their clutches as they have god fathers at the centre like Sushma Swaaraj. TheCheif Minister should have made swearing ceremony a simple affair which which would have avoided the traffic woes the publich faced althrough the day. I think no party will learn from mistakes once theygot the power. BJP is no exception
Now that Reddys have become cabinet ministers, it is clear that Yeddy has sold himself. It is not far, one of this reddy becomes CM of karnataka and karnataka is ruled by AP. From a credible source,25 BJP MLA’s are with Reddy’s and Reddys have a hand in buying 5MLA’s required for magic number. karunakar will become home minister now and tomorrow Karunakar Reddy will be CM and Janardhan reddy will become DCM of karnataka. Senior leaders like Shettar. Shankar Murty has not got berth in cabinet but reddy brothers and Ramulu has got cabinet berth. What better can you expect from Yeddy?
Look at yeddie’s daughter and then compare her face to shobha karandlaje, you can see clearly that they both look alike.
aa moorne fotonaage background nalli bari kaangi foto galeya..
Nice photoshopping churmuri
Paapa Yeddi cant even remove any of those Kaangi potos – PM, Prez, Ambedkar and Indirammaand he will have to sit there almost everyday. Maybe he can take out the Rajiv poto if that is him next to Indiramma’s poto. he can also dream of Advani thatha becoming PM next year and then he can take out Singhanna’s poto— so the carnival moves on—-
I am being a bi*ch and saying the ladies of his family need serious advice on dressing up and an urgent change of cosmetician:)
Yediyurappa is our CM, Here most important topic we should be discussing is not about shobha karandlaje, but about a Dangerous Man who is going to control our state.Who is this guy?
Cabinet minster janardhan Reddy who controls the mines in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh . he is filthy rich and own a fleet of cars, mansions, villas and jewellery.
The iron mines in this terrain is very with rich in ferric content – 64 percent, every day tonnes of iron ore and steel products are exported from here
– Janardhan Reddy is the person who funded the election expenses of nearly 100 candidates of whom about 60 won the elections.
– Janardhan Reddy single handedly ensured the victory of more than 30 legislators from his camp
– Janardhan Reddy is a close friend of Andhra chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy ( Congress )
– Once he became Cabinet minister real winners are Janardhana Reddy and the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, These two share a lot of business interests.
– He also has 2 of his close assoisiated in our cabinet, 1. His brother Karunakara reddy and his friend Ramulu.
– All three are from bellary where as from heritage district Mysore , nobody is selected for cabinet!!! you can imagine the influence these reddy’s are having.
-Now with BJP’s Victory Reddy is controling single handedly 2 southren states.
We have to first congratulate these guys,
Gyabakka, atleast Vajpai foto should come somewhere close to the centre..
Right shift indrammma and put vajpai there.. Someone should tell Yeddi this.
They should pay attention to these kind of details.. as a cheddi, i’m highly disappointed.
Most politicians womenfolk seriously need the help of cosmetic surgeons.
That is why they go for keeps. Katkondavalla hathra illdeirodhu ittkondavala hathranaaru iruthe antha. Like Kumaraswamy went for two bit actress kutty radhika. Looking at shobha karandlaje’s pic doesn’t look like Yeddi’s gained much in his bargain…
At least the Yed family does not practice purdah like the folks from Padmanabhanagar. The only pictures of that family you see is when it is visiting that or this temple. Even then you see only some of them. The same was true of the family of the man from Somanahalli.
Gaby–
Be careful about putting ideas into the heads of the Shikaaripura sappies. We will end up paying the bill for the cosmetic enhancements.
AG–
Lighten up, man. “Avaravara bhaavakke, avaravara bhaktige, ” etc. I cannot say that I don’t admire Show Baa Gowda Kari ndlaaje for standing up to male dominance to get what she wants. Is it Henry Kissinger who said that there is no aphrodisiac greater than power? Yed and Show are our power couple like none before. Somewhat like MGR and JR in our neighboring state.
As for your comparisons, Yed himself ain’t much of a bargain, is he, the overgrown rat that he is?
PTL,
Purely for looks compare:
Kumaraswamy vs. Yeddi
Kutty Radhika vs. Shobha
So who got the best bargain here. KS hands down.
Yaako…. Thale Gile elva…. Yaavagulu “Yellow Turmeric” journalism thoristhitha erodhu..
Petrol Bunk Gowdru.. Dudu kotidhara…
Yeddy tharaha decent manushya Karnataka rajya ke hemme…
Neevu yenu helidhare nu Yeddy is my Champ..
Yeddy will rule the Cheddies and the Reddy’s.
Are steps of Vidhana Soudha bad for oath taking ceremony?
by M K Vidyaranya
Are the steps of the world famous Vidhana Soudha, the imposing granite edifice facing the red Karnataka High Court building and housing both the houses of Karnataka Legislature not an auspicious for taking oath by the Chief Ministers ?
If one goes by the history, the place seems to be not auspicious as none of the Chief Ministers right from late Ramakrishna Hegde who started the people-friendly practice of taking oath on the steps of Vidhana Soudha to actively involve citizens in the process of Democracy, have not completed their full term of five years laid down by the constitution.
Till Ramakrishna Hegde became the Chief Minister way back in 1984, the earlier practice was that the Governor was inviting the Leader of the Legislature party to take oath of office and secrecy from him at the chandelier lit wooden floored dancing hall of the Raj Bhavan adjacent to the north gate of Vidhana Soudha. The space in the hall was very cramped and not enough even to accommodate not more than 200 persons including VIPs and Media persons.
However, when the Chief Ministers expanded their Ministry, the function was held inside the Raj Bhavan.
Vaastu practitioners say that it was not advisable to hold the oath taking ceremony on the steps leading to Vidhana Soudha as there will be ups and downs very often and going down is always faster than going up the ladder.
The following examples of the terms of office of the Chief Ministers right from Hegde up to B S Yeddyurappa when he ruled the state as shortest Chief Minister justifies the notion that the steps of Vidhana Soudha are not very auspicious for taking oath as Chief Minister.
Even S M Krishna ruled the state for the longest period of four years, seven months and seventeen days, he failed to complete the full term of five years and Yeddyurappa who became the Chief Minister last time ruled the state for only seven days.
Astrologers and vaastu experts say, any how Yeddyurappa has taken oath this time with a considerably good number of MLA’s in his fold, but it was advised that he should hold Homas to ward off the evil which is surrounding the practice of taking oath on the steps of vidhana soudha to remain in power for a full term of five years.
BOX ITEM
Those Chief Ministers who did not complete their full term of five years are:
RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 10-01-1983 29-12-1984 (11 months 19 days)
RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 08-03-1985 13-02-1986 ( 9 months and 5 days)
RAMAKRISHNA HEGDE 16-02-1986 10-08-1988 (1 year 5 months and 24 days)
S.R.BOMMAI 13-08-1988 21-04-1989 (8 months and 8 days)
VEERENDRA PATIL 30-11-1989 10-10-1990 (10 months and 10 days)
S.BANGARAPPA 17-10-1990 19-11-1992 (2 years 1 month and 2 days)
VEERAPPA MOILY 19-11-1992 11-12-1994 (2 years and 22 days)
H.D.DEVEGOWDA 11-12-1994 31-05-1996 (1 year 5 months and 20 days)
J.H.PATEL 31-05-1996 07-10-1999 (3 year 4 months and 6 days)
S.M.KRISHNA 11-10-1999 28-05-2004 (4 year seven months and 17 days)
DHARAM SINGH 28-05-2004 02-02-2006 (1 year eight months and 4 days)
H.D.KUMARA SWAMY 03-02-2006 08-10-2007 (1 year 8 months and five days)
B.S.YEDDYURAPPA 12-11-2007 19-11-2007 (seven days)
hmm…
nice photos…
I dont care with whom Yeddi poses.
I’m a BJP supporter, however interests of state come first. Because of Reddy brothers, BJP coming to power in place of DG and sons has become like, ‘kendadinda ooriyo yennae baandli holgae biidgangae aaithu’ or something like tht.
God save Karnataka, Kannada….
baala kushi yaagodenu beda..
BJP govt will be under direct control of these telugu money lords.. As long as Yeddy doesn’t interfere in their mines business, they won’t create a problem for the govt. Janaradhan reddy is highly ambitious and one fine day, he wants to see himself as CM of Karnataka. A man, who has his roots in Andhra, his mind and soul and business in Andhra,, should be contained at any cost.
Our natural resources also belongs to next genaration of kannadigas. But, next 10 years,, these mines lords will gulp everything and what are we going to leave for the next genaration???
Appears that we are tiring of demonizing Tamils and zeroing in on Telugus. More Telugus live among us than Tamils and so far they have not posed much of a threat to us. Wait a minute. In the sixties, during the anti-Hindi agitation they did say, “Mysuruwalluku meese ledu” because our anti-Hindi destruction was predictably low level. We got back at them by writing on Andhra-bound trains, “Andhrawalluku mathi ledu.” The Reddi parivaar seems to have both meese and mathi now.
The first chief minister of Mysore State was a Telugu speaker. No firsts for the Janaardana Reddys there. In any case, there is no guarantee that Yed will not try to play dynastic politics. Proprietary politics is becoming more and more the hallmark of state politics as well.
It is my assumption that most Telugu speakers in Karnataka are perfectly bilingual, lilke Maarawaadis. No Kannada would mean no dabbu or paise for them.
Nice photos…
1st photo is best
2nd photo is 1st best :)
PTL,
The problem is not that they are telugus. We are talking about particular mine owners who got rich by looting the land. And the money power they gained this way is being used for buying off the loyalty of the independent MLAs thus making them more powerful. Now that they have the reigns of power to do what they please without any checks and balances. Like rajaram says, we can only wait for the mines to be fully depleted and the swiss banks accounts of the mine usurpers to be filled.
Mr Disaapointed
Let me give you some facts.
Reddys are always very active in Karnataka politics. Not every Reddy will have his or her caste title.
All the three Chief ministers of three states in post independence South Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Naadu are from the Reddy community.
In addition some of the politicians with Patils, Sarnayaks family names also belong to Reddy community. Reddys are there in Bellary/ Hospet and many parts of old Hyderabad Karanataka and in Bengaluuru, Kolar, Tumkur, Chitradurg etc.
If you are not aware of this fact, we can not help it. I think Karanatka alone Telugus constitute about 40 percent of the total population. Most of them speak Telugu at home and use Kannada in public.
Hospet has very good water sources. Many of the Reddys living there are rich. But now a days Reddys in Bengaluuru may be richer than them because of real estate boom as 80 % of the land in and around Bengaluuru owned by agriculture community Reddys.
Many parts of Bengaluuru Urban and rural districts were owned by Reddy community. My own great-grandfather used to own nearly 2000 acres in the beginning of 20th century and some of it was confiscated by Britishers as they could not pay the taxes levied on them. That was due to continuous famines. Some places in Bengaluuru rural district still bear his name.
My grandfather donated lands to schools and you can find his photo in Mysore palace even today. (if they have removed you will not)
We are here in Karnataka for centuries and the states on the bassis of languages were created and carved out of many regions to safeguard particular language and its heritage.
Some of my ancestors in Hosur district petitioned and collected signatures to then government to include Hosur district in to Mysore state. But then Chief minister of Tamil Naadu Chakrvarthy Rajagopalachari(?) had won the MLA ship from Hosur and it meant loosing his own constituency and he saw to it Hosur did not go to Mysore state. This is the story. Hosur did not have any Tamil population before. It had Kannada and Telugu speakers only. Tamils started moving in after industrilaization of that region.
You can shoot a mail to BDA or land records keeping agency(Taluk office?) and confirm it.
We are not outsiders!!. May be if you hail from a different district and come to Bengaluuru, you can be termed an outsider rightfully I guess!
If you dont know these facts, I dont think Ignorance is Bilss.
Dr. Sree Reddy Says:
My Apologies if something in my comment made you True Telugu-Kar rnataka people bad. It should not make you feel bad because I am only only Talking about Janardhana Reddy, Thanks for your explaination! But please enlighten me if there is something good about Janardhana Reddy and His Gang. I would be glad to know.
AG–
No one can dispute the fact that the mine Reddys are where they are because like the Lads and the Ghorpades they have cornered what belongs to Karnataka as a whole. Remember the Ghorapade who was a minister and did not pay crores of taxes he owed to the state. There behaviour has not been exemplary. It is just one of the many misfortunes of Kannadigas that we have a new robber family in power.
I agree with some of Dr. Reddy’s observations. Not all Reddys or Telugu people are culpable in what is happening in Karnataka any more than all Tamils are.
Yed’s dependence on the moneyed and the powerful for survival reminds me of Tippu inviting the French into Kannadaland and Lakshammanni giving the British the foothold they needed in Karnataka. Yed will pay dearly for the favors received and we living on this cross or that gully will be paying the bill.
By the way? what do they mine out in Bellary? In what way it is illegal? Abandoned mines will fill with water and lotus bloom!
@vidyaranya
Dharam Singh took oath in Raj Bhavan [:)]
I wanted to say there are enoug Reddys who are rich and who are into mining. May be Mr. Janardhan Reddy is one among them. His wife comes from a welthy family. You have to have licences for mining. People who are issuing such licences are not some fools. They are all government of Karanataka officials both KAS and IAS.
Atleast for the last 2 or 3 years there is bad campagining against Reddys in Karanataka.
Mr Disappointed
How much information do you have on Mr. Janardhan Reddy
What is your source of information?
KumaraSwamy and his gang were responsible for this anti-Reddy campaign from 2003. Because Reddys refuse to pay his family “monthly instalments”.
There are enough outsiders who are minting money quietly through mining.
Why dont you guys question them?
People who grant mining licenses are certainly not fools. Each one of them is a rich man or woman.
Janaardan Reddy’s wife brought with her a dowry big enough to buy a little village. Now Shri Reddy has bought two districts. He will soon be able to buy the state.
Ask Kumaraswamy what? Have you not seen his picture in which he is seen offering a bouquet to Yed with a fox’s smile? Have you not seen the picture of Yed visiting Devegowda at his palace?
It will be the end of time before any of us can believe that the mine Reddys have made their money legally.
I forgot to write.
In addition, Mr Kumaraswamy as he knew his governmnet is counting days, started issuing licences recklessly to many projects / land developments few days before his governments’s demise and nearly 200 to 300 crores of rupees per day believed to have transferred to his family and aides.
It is another Reddy Mr. Muni Venkata Reddy, MLC from Jayamahal who was part of the team headed by Mr Ramaswamy conducting enquiry into land grabbing/ land encroaching of government lands, who found many illegalities in land development process in Bengaluuru. Virtually it is converted into concrete jungle.
While expanding a city, agriculture, geology departments should be taken into full considertaion. All the developmental projects should undergo strict scrutiny from these departments and experts on environment, population, urban planning, NOT SOME IT or BT Fellows!!
Deve Gowda and his family are not any innocent farmers. He rose in politics on the basis of farmers but hardly done anything for the farming community. In 1980’s he was politically written off. Then he use to travel by autorikshaw and visit an astrologer few meters away from my home regularly. It was a miracle, may be just sheer coincidences he became a PM.
I sometimes used to wonder what would have happend to India, if Rama Krisha Hegde had become PM then.
Deve Gowda was heavily dependended on this particular astrologer so much, some of Deve Gowda’s actions became laughing stock in New Delhi circles and media. For even entering PM’s official residence, he use to take this astrologer’s advice for ‘correct time’. On his first visit he changed normal route and entered PM’s residence from the back door. He used to ask astorloger’s advice even to open files and sign them.
This is just craziness.
This astrologer who was a factory employee resigned his job as soon as Deve Gowda became PM and made fortunes. Our road used to be filled security personnel when Deve Gowda as a PM used to visit this astrologer. My mother used to say” Few years ago he used to come in autorikshaw, now he comes with many security guards. I think he is lucky”.
I think this kind of astrologers are nothing but power brokers.
Unfortunatley, the same astrologer is giving advice to Mr. Yediyurappa.
Mr. Pulikeshi
Are you jealous?
If you dont know about my community, I suggest you should not make comments that may be turned as charcter assasination.
If youn think Janardhan Reddy is making money illegally, catch evidence and call media. There are so many TV stations to report nowdays in India.
I dont dont understand your comments on me buying two districts.
You should be fair in your comments. It is not rich people who are issuing licences to mining owners. It is officers.
Not all Reddys into giving dowries though many end up thinking on those lines. That was not a practice with some members of our community. Parents of the groom used to bring ornaments, food items to bride’s family.
May be news to you!!
By the way, according to your suggestion, I am on the side of giving dowry, not taking.
Once again IGONORANCE IS NOT BILSS.
How did you allow great Kannadiga Naryana Murthy to make money legally at the cost of Kannadigas, farmers.? It is alright?
His company bought land for 7 lakhs per acre lands snatched from farmers by government of Karanataka. Whereas actual land rate were some where between 40 to 60 lakhs.
He brought Bengalis, Odiyas, North Indians in hordes and hordes to Bengaluuru to work in his company. The security jobs were given to North Indians. Canteen contract was given to some one from AP, as if Kannada cuisine does n’t satisfy his empoyees taste buds!!
It is a common practice to congratualate each other with bouquets etc in polictical circles.
Congress leaders also greet BJP and vice versa.
sree reddy,
stop writing bullshit.telugu population never crossed 8% in karnataka.It is now around 35 lakhs which is around 7% out of 5.26 crores.
By the way not all reddys speak telugu.there are only kannada speaking reddys in karnataka. Reddys are also identified as sub caste of vokkaligas in various places.
even papers spell them as reddy vokkaligas.
I my previous post i made a mist5ake.there are also reddys who speak only kannada in karnataka.There population is around 10 lakhs alone.
@Sumkirla in English: In your last post also there are mistakes!
Sumkirla
You please check up the Karntaka census.
It is you who is not writing the facts. It does not make a difference to me wheter it is 40 percent or 8 percent.
All Reddys speak Telugu. This is true with Southern Karnataka.
I am Reddy from Bengaluuru rural district. We speak Telugu at home.
We have been here for centuries. All my relatives in and around Bengaluuru speak Telugu. So are Reddys from Bengaluuru urban and rural district, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Bellary, Tumkur, Kolar and many parts of Hyderbad Karnataka.
Many Telugu speaking Reddys write Reddy vokkaliga to utilise backward class reserevations just like Brahmins use “economically Backward”.
There is also a group of Vokkaligas who use Reddy titles. They are mostly “marasu kapu”.
Reddys as a community have many sub castes.
Reddys are not any subcaste of Vokkaligas.
Reddy subcaste: motati, pedukanta, pakanati, nerati, panta etc.
If you are into any IT industry in Bengaluuru(Koramanagala, Bellandur, Indiranagara areas), just step out of your offices and go to villages near by and check up for yourself!.
Facts are facts. You dont like them, you cant deny truth.
All the land that your IT and BT guys and babes are basking in their apartments/ offices in most parts of Bengaluuru were owned by Telugu speaking Reddy community as agricultural lands!!
Who is a Kannadiga?
Please define.
Somebody who speaks Kannada at home BUT refuses to speak the same in public like people do in Bengaluuru!!!
OR
who think it is a shame to identify with Kannada culture.
Who is the Astrologer of BSY? How to get an appointment to see him?
Hello Dr. Sree Reddy,
Thanks for the useful info on Reddy’s in Karnataka. I am from Andhra and it pains to see people scapegoating/thrashing(for whatever reasons) a single community even though they are as Kannadiga as they.
AFAIK, Gali Janardhan Reddy owns mining leases(fortunes) in Obulapuram which is in AP.
-Vamsi
Hai,
Its really bad too see one community being thrashed. All my kannadiga brothers discussing about Obulapuram mines which is not part of Karnataka.
Already Chowdaries who couldnt sustain started Goebells in AP. Especially Ramoji (Eenadu) and TDP parties using this campaign to supress congress (Reddy/SC/ST/Mulsims and Christians).
I feel Ramoji might be having hands in this Goebelss in Karnataka too. Unable to overcome YSR, he targetted the business interests of JAGAN (AP CM Son) with his Eenadu news paper and TDP (opposition in AP). Ramoji has good contacts with BJP(Anti congress) in center and might be using his good books and wicked ideas to remove Karunakar Reddy from Karnataka. That will have an impact on some aspects and interests of YSR.
So Kannadiga brothers, its not really a war for Kannada with Telugu or Reddy. It’s one group in AP which played and is playing these kind of ethicless tactis for power. So I request you to understand ground reality and not disturb harmony between us.
Day in Day out Blore-tirupati has got lotz of relations. Many Chittoor people work in Bangalore and We do have lot many visitors to tirupati daily. Lot many Kannada people are well settled in hyderabad and working there (North Karnataka people). As an Indian, we can live any where in india and work but still respect local traditions and live with Harmony. So lets not resort to any allegations without valid information.Try to search truth. End of day, it’s not telugu Kannada.. but We all are indians
Satyameva jayate….
nice pictures.. great job..
In Bangalore, traditionally references to Reddy have been of the Marasu Vokkaliga community. During the last century, Andhra Reddys are also present in big numbers in Bangalore but are concentrated in specific locations.
Many Andhra Reddys have been around for long enough to imbibe the local culture and often classify as vokkaliga. But Consider the 1891 census of Bangalore District, Of the 7.16 Lakhs people counted, 2.25 Lakhs were Vokkaligas including 24466 reddi Vokkaligas. The Reddi Vokkaligas seem a Vokkaligas subcaste and not an Andhra Reddy Subcate.There is no other count of Reddy population in that census of Bangalore. Not sure if Telugu Banajigas (count 12896) would be Naidus. There were 4766 Komitis.