Shivakumar government's honeymoon seems to have already ended, with senior ministers openly rebelling over portfolios and exposing fault lines within Congress. BJP alleges dynastic politics.
Second list has representation from Vokkaliga, Lingayat, Backward Class, SC — both left & right divisions, SC-others, ST, Muslim, Jain, Brahmin and Namdhari Reddy communities.
Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has been denied appointments to meet BJP president Amit Shah and discuss his cabinet expansion plans, not once but six times.
Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange
Recruitment of Nepali Gorkhas into Indian Army is on hold since 2022 with Nepal viewing four-yr tenure of Agnipath scheme, among others, as inconsistent with historical frameworks.
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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