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Karnataka Speaker buys time for Congress-JD(S) by asking 8 MLAs to resign again

Rohini Swamy - July 9, 2019

Speaker Ramesh Kumar says 8 resignations not in prescribed format under Rule 202 of Karnataka legislature procedure, to meet 5 others later this week.

Speaker Ramesh Kumar holds the cards in Karnataka political crisis, for now

Rohini Swamy - July 8, 2019

Ramesh Kumar will decide on resignations Tuesday. Congress-JD(S) cabinet has decided to resign en masse and form fresh ministry with some rebel MLAs.

Newspapers talk about Congress ‘crisis’, Republic finds Rahul Gandhi at the movies

Simrin Sirur - July 8, 2019

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Why Congress should celebrate BJP’s success in states

D.K. Singh - July 8, 2019

Congress is too weak to fight political battles right now and so it should let BJP accomplish the mission of destroying regional parties.

Kumaraswamy refuses to work for Modi voters – a sign of frustrated, undemocratic opposition?

ThePrint Team - June 27, 2019

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy lost his cool on a group of protesting workers in Raichur demanding jobs.

Congress-JD(S) coalition govt will fall before 2019 ends, says Karnataka BJP secy Muralidhar

PTI - June 3, 2019

Karnataka BJP leader P Muralidhar Rao said the party has maintained that the Congress-JD(S) govt is not a stable one and it will not last the year.

HD Kumaraswamy is heading to Karnataka’s villages to ‘reconnect’ after Lok Sabha poll loss

Rohini Swamy - June 3, 2019

Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy announces second edition of village stay programme 'Grama Vastavya', CMO sources say 'focus will be on farmers'.

Our leaders sabotaged Deve Gowda election, paid voters to back BJP: Congress report

Rohini Swamy - June 1, 2019

Former PM HD Deve Gowda of the JD(S) lost to BJP’s G.S. Basavaraj in Tumkur. JD(S) ally Congress’ district president blames ex-MP S.P. Muddahanumegowda for it.

Congress, JD(S) set out to save coalition in Karnataka but that only widens cracks

Rohini Swamy - May 30, 2019

Latest flashpoint is between CM Kumaraswamy, who wants a cabinet reshuffle to save coalition, and Congress' Siddaramaiah, who is backing a cabinet expansion.

Karnataka needs governance. Congress-JD(S) must dissolve assembly, seek fresh vote

ThePrint Team - May 28, 2019

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Bloomberg Opinion - November 13, 2025

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Defence

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National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta - November 8, 2025

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.