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

ThePrint Team -
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

Kumar Anshuman -
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

Pragya Kaushika -
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

Kritika Sharma -
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

Kumar Anshuman -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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?

ThePrint Team -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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 

Shekhar Gupta -
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?

Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi -
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
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No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Swasti Rao -
Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Can democracy really function if citizens cannot breathe freely?

Blaming Macaulay for India’s failures is just lazy politics we’ve perfected since 1947

Economy

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

Sharan Poovanna -
The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

Defence

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

Snehesh Alex Philip -
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

National Interest

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

Shekhar Gupta -
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.

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