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Saturday, May 4, 2024
TopicH.D. Kumaraswamy

Topic: H.D. Kumaraswamy

Kumaraswamy to meet Sonia & Rahul tomorrow, says will prove majority by Thursday

After B.S.Yeddyurappa stepped down, Kumaraswamy has been invited to form the government.

Yeddyurappa lasted 55 hours and still didn’t end up as CM with the shortest tenure

Jagadambika Pal in Uttar Pradesh, 1998, and Harish Rawat in Uttarakhand, 2016, sat on the chief minister’s chair for just over 24 hours or so.

Yeddyurappa is CM but what happens next in Karnataka depends on these 3 scenarios

The BJP has 104 of the 222 MLAs elected in the 12 May election, and has been given 15 days by governor Vajubhai Vala to prove his majority.

If we were to go by his past record, Kumaraswamy likely to be a populist and theatrical CM

Kumaraswamy’s base–of several Vokkaliga subcastes-in a rapidly globalizing Bengaluru region, with its inexhaustible new wealth, enabled JD(S) to thrive.

Will BJP seek JD(S) support in Karnataka or will it try to break it?

Deve Gowda is on record rejecting any truck with BJP. In such a scenario, are Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy on the same page on an alliance partner

In Karnataka, Deve Gowda asks a powerful question: ‘Is a regional party needed or not?’

The exhortation should matter for poll commentary as well, which is often little more than a discussion of the manoeuvres and counter-manoeuvres, the jibes and counter-jibes of different parties.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.