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The burden of victory
New Chief Minister Siddaramaiah won’t have an easy ride with his main rival in the co-driver…
Karnataka Con(g)quest: Livid Lingayats, Vokkaliga Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah’s AHINDA Set Up Win | Analysis
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah with KPCC president DK Shivakumar. File pic/PTI If the Congress keeps at…
Ahead of Counting Day, A Look at Karnataka’s Caste Arithmetic And Coalition Convulsions
The last five years after the 2018 Karnataka election saw a period of political instability with…
The Lingayat Hiccup for BJP in Kittur Karnataka: Stung by Rebellion, Can Saffron Party Ensure Victory Again?
Last Update: May 06, 2023, 13:26 IST A challenge facing the BJP in its stronghold of…
‘For BJP to Win, Someone Must Lose’: Set for Ballari Battle, Sriramulu Clears Air on Bond With Janardhan Reddy
Senior leader and Ballari Rural candidate B Sriramulu said during the discussion that the BJP was…
Karnataka Factsheet: 16 Elections, 23 Chief Ministers But a State Where Most CMs Couldn’t Complete Term
The history of Karnataka Chief Ministers since the country’s independence in 1947 and the state’s reorganization…
Karnataka Polls: Why Rajiv Gandhi, Veerendra Patil And a 30-Year-Old Incident Feature in BJP vs Congress
This is the third part of a 3-part series by Nalin Mehta on the Karnataka elections.…
A Lingayat CM? Karnataka Politics Faces an Important Question. Let’s Understand Why
BJP’s Lingayat leadersLingayat CMCampaign to counter this in election-bound Karnataka Congress’s narrative to portray the ruling…
In Karnataka’s Shimoga District, Old Warhorses Walk Into the Sunset as 2023 Polls Mark Generational Shift
BS Yediyurappa’s younger son BY Vijayendra filed his nomination from Shikaripura on Wednesday, marking a generational…