If the BJP returns to power in Karnataka, he added, it would entirely be the result of PM Modi’s strategy to reach out to voters in the final stretch of the campaign.
There are no official figures on the number of mutts belonging to different castes, sub-castes and sects in Karnataka, but they are estimated to be in the hundreds.
Centre’s refusal to accord special status to Andhra Pradesh, which led to Chandrababu Naidu’s exit from the NDA, is a poll issue in ‘Hyderabad Karnataka’.
Self-styled ‘Hindutva warriors’ have recalibrated their strategy since the BJP suffered a crushing blow in the 2013 polls in coastal stronghold following the 2009 pub assault on women.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi challenged the Congress president to talk for 15 minutes about the achievements of the Karnataka government without looking at a paper.
Many voters, especially the young, said they found Rahul Gandhi immature and inexperienced. But it was more a perception than based on specific reasons.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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