Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s insecurities have reached a ridiculous level. He did a big disservice to Karnataka by choosing to greet Rahul Gandhi in Mysuru, not German Chancellor Merz in Bengaluru. Rajiv Gandhi had sacked Andhra CM Anjaiah for a grand welcome at Begumpet airport. Siddaramaiah did much worse in Mysuru.
Trump talks tough on Iran. Does he actually have a plan?
Trump talk of ‘help is on its way’ and ‘very strong action’ is all fine. But Iran isn’t Venezuela. Tehran’s hardened regime is making the protesters pay a heavy price with brutal crackdown and executions. Does swashbuckling Trump really have a plan? He must calibrate both his words and action.
Maharashtra local body poll alliances are a logic-defying soup. And voters are losing
Maharashtra local body poll alliances are a logic-defying soup. Two NCPs contesting together, BJP allying with AIMIM and Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP outmanoeuvring BJP out of power. This is realpolitik at its best and worst. That’s how hollow alliances really are. When power is the only ideology, voters lose.