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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Topic: JD(S)

Karnataka hung assembly: Time to end ambiguity or leave it to governor’s discretion?

It is now up to governor Vajubhai Vala to decide who he invites to form the government. Both the BJP and the Congress-JD (S) alliance have staked claim. Experts weigh in.

Lessons from Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi should cede space to regional parties

Acting on advice of its regional leaders, Congress snubbed pre-poll feelers from the JD(S) but had they contested together, they would have secured 150 seats

Narendra Modi’s campaign-to-seats won ratio trumps Rahul Gandhi’s in Karnataka

Despite a late start to the campaign, the PM touched 21 constituencies, and the BJP ended up winning 12 of them. New Delhi: When Prime...

Dalits show love for the Congress in Karnataka, but slightly more for the BJP

While the state’s Dalits have traditionally been Congress voters, they have also aligned with the BJP in the past, and produced a photo finish...

Prominent parties from other states swept away in Karnataka

Only the BSP, which contested in alliance with the JD(S), could win a seat – its candidate beat the Congress in Kollegal by 19,454 votes.

Having cried foul in Goa, Manipur, Congress finds roles reversed in Karnataka

Party had emerged as single largest in both states but slammed governors after not being invited to form governments.

Is a JD (S)-led coalition government what Karnataka voted for?

Experts weigh in on Congress's unconditional offer to JD (S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy to lead a new coalition government in Karnataka as the chief minister.

Congress’s loss in Karnataka assembly election reflects on Rahul Gandhi’s power as the high command

Gandhi should ask himself if his grandmother would have allowed a chief minister to dictate the terms of an electoral campaign.

Three essential Karnataka lessons for national politics 

The Karnataka result seals Modi’s position as the third genuine pan-India leader after Nehru and Indira. The surprise factor could be Mayawati.

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

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.