By P.T. Bopanna The late firebrand Karnataka politician A.K. Subbaiah and his politician son A.S. Ponnanna are like chalk and cheese when it comes to politics. While Subbaiah was more of a rabble-rouser, his...
By P.T. Bopanna Is a powerful Congress politician in Kodagu (Coorg) district trying to stifle dissent by threatening to unleash the police machinery? At the outset, I wish to clarify that I consider Kodagu...
By P.T. Bopanna Congress-led government in Karnataka headed by chief minister, D.K. Shivakumar (in picture), has started a suicidal cloud-seeding operation on August 24 which could rip apart the landscape of Kodagu in the...
BJP STILL STRONG IN KODAGU (COORG): FACEBOOK POST RATTLES POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN KODAGU By P.T. Bopanna My Facebook post on Reena Prakash bagging the BJP ticket from Virajpet constituency in Kodagu has gone viral...
By P.T. Bopanna Contrary to popular perception that the BJP has become very weak in Kodagu (Coorg) following the shock defeat of the party in the last legislative assembly elections, the saffron party is...
By P.T. Bopanna With the appointment of former Union minister Smrithi Irani as the national general secretary of the BJP, the chances of Reena Prakash (in picture) bagging the ticket for next Assembly election...
By P.T. Bopanna Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna’s dream of being inducted into Cabinet has fizzled out after he was appointed as political secretary to Karnataka chief minister D.K. Shivakumar. Ponnanna, a ministerial aspirant, had...
By P.T. Bopanna Even since the merger of the Coorg State with Karnataka in 1956 due to the machinations of opportunistic politicians, Karnataka has turned Kodagu into its colony. Though Kodagu is the birthplace...
By P.T. Bopanna If one goes by the expansion of D.K. Shivakumar-led Congress ministry in Karnataka, it becomes evident that only blackmailing works and merit has no place. Lingayat strongman late Shamanur Shivashankarappa’s...
By P.T. Bopanna Congress-led government in Karnataka headed by chief minister, D.K. Shivakumar (in picture), plans to undertake cloud seeding in the Cauvery basin which could trigger landslides in Kodagu (Coorg) district. Water resources...
