By P.T. Bopanna There is lesson for Kodagu-Mysuru MP Pratap Simha from the outcome of the Assembly elections, where BJP was routed in seven of the eight Assembly segments in his constituency. The BJP...
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu’s BJP fortress has crumbled and the sitting BJP MLAs have been dumped by the people of Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. A.S. Ponnanna (in picture) has won the Virajpet seat by...
By P.T. Bopanna Even before A.S. Ponnanna is elected the next MLA from Virajpet constituency in Kodagu (Coorg) district, his agenda for Kodagu has been set by Ahmedabad-based artist Asha Mandapa (in picture). Asha...
By P.T. Bopanna The Assembly election this time from Kodagu in Karnataka is going to be fought between sitting BJP MLAs who have almost become permanent fixtures in the Virajpet and Madikeri constituencies, and...
By P.T. Bopanna The Election Commission has hurt the religious sentiments of the Kodavas (Coorgs) by banning the serving of liquor at weddings in view of the election to the Karnataka assembly on May...
By P.T. Bopanna While his political opponents may claim that Congress candidate from Madikeri assembly constituency, Dr Mantar Gowda is an ‘outsider’, the fact remains that he is the ‘son-in-law’ of Kodagu (Coorg). Moreover,...
By P.T. Bopanna With the BJP giving its ticket to controversial sitting MLA from Virajpet in Kodagu (Coorg) district, K.G. Bopaiah, the chances of Congress candidate A.S. Ponnanna (in picture), have brightened in the...
By P.T. Bopanna It is heartening to note that a Kodavathi (Coorg woman) is winning accolades for working towards green causes in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu. Somayanda Samantha Iyanna (in picture) is part...
By P.T. Bopanna Kodagu MLAs K.G Bopaiah and Appachu Ranjan are unlikely to be considered for ticket by the BJP to contest in the forthcoming election to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the wake...
By P.T. Bopanna Having been a keen observer of Karnataka politics, I can vouch for the fact that whichever party uses the name of the 18th century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan will surely lose...
