BJP says report ‘published by Government of Karnataka’ punctures Vote Chori conspiracy, & exposes gap between Congress’ rhetoric & reality. Congress claims survey was done by ECI.
Led by BY Vijayendra, the BJP has seized all 4 Town Panchayats that went to polls earlier this year. The ruling Congress previously held two of the four.
Rebellion in Karnataka BJP resurfaces even as Congress appears to have quelled dissent within & struck temporary truce between CM Siddaramaiah & his deputy D.K. Shivakumar.
While Karnataka Home Affairs Minister G Parameshwara announces a slew of measures to limit inmates’ preferential treatment, BJP hits the streets & seeks NIA probe.
Both Somashekar & Hebbar were among 17 MLAs whose defection led to fall of Kumaraswamy-led coalition govt. BJP later accommodated both as ministers in Yediyurappa, Bommai govts.
BJP decided to expel MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal over his attacks on Yediyurappa & for defying high command’s orders. It also signals a strong warning to warring factions and dissenters.
Born in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, Chalapathi joined the Maoists sometime in the 1980s and first rose to become east division secretary of banned outfit around 2010.
Now that PM Modi is in his third term, perhaps the BJP is losing the will to fight in the southern states. It would rather consolidate its gains in the north.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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