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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicKarnataka election 2023

Topic: Karnataka election 2023

‘Guarantee Card’ couldn’t guarantee CM, party’s confusion continues

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Secret ballot, show of strength & ‘seer pressure’ — How Congress is picking next CM of Karnataka

Secret ballot was held late Sunday night to get opinions of MLAs for deciding the next CM. Lingayat seers are demanding their own candidate other than Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar.

‘Double engine sarkar’ had little to no impact & ‘lactose intolerance’ won in Karnataka

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP replaced Yediyurappa with Bommai but he wasn’t the bold, hands-on leader they needed

BJP has built a social coalition with a strong and credible base in Karnataka, but political representation from this coalition isn’t politically astute or skilled in governance.

Karnataka election 2023 — eight lessons for the BJP, Congress, and all of India

Kudos to the Congress for maintaining an edge over BJP in public perception. The only solace for the BJP is that it’s out of power but not out of the state.

Karnataka shows no magic needed to defeat BJP in 2024. Answer is ‘ridiculously simple’

A Congress victory would show the path to a possible defeat for the BJP at the national level. The challenge for the opposition is to understand this path & stick to it.

Congress must win 130+ seats in Karnataka to avoid a hung house and BJP’s horse trading

So far all opinion polls point towards a Congress victory. BJP seems burdened by corruption, internal dissension and defection.

Congress ‘hawa’ to class divide — four observations in the run-up to Karnataka election

You don’t see any big billboards; there are no wall writings, very few flexes, and rarely do you spot a publicity vehicle. Elections have gone underground.

On Camera

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Tango, triad, trinity, troika — TV news pulled out every T-word from its dictionary and paired it with Tianjin to target Trump on tariffs and trade.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.