Congress promises to increase reservation from 50% to 75%, to accommodate ‘hopes and aspirations of SC/ST/OBC/Minority’ communities and Lingayats & Vokkaligas.
In an interview, former CM Kumaraswamy also asserts that he has no regrets about sharing power with BJP in 2006, and that both Congress & BJP are JD(S)'s rivals in Karnataka.
Incumbent and former MLAs walking over to rival camps, leaders publicly criticising the high command were the Congress' hallmark. BJP is witnessing all these in Karnataka.
BJP star campaigner list for Karnataka includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, eight Cabinet ministers, including Home Minister Amit Shah, and three chief ministers of BJP states.
After foreign minister's curt response to his message seeking help, former Karnataka chief minister asks him to point someone who can help if he is 'busy getting appalled'.
A Lingayat leader, the former CM was denied a ticket by BJP but was given one by Congress, which is highlighting BJP leader Yediyurappa's 'injustice' towards community as campaign issue.
Besides Savadi, third list of candidates for Karnataka assembly polls also feature KM Shivalinge Gowda, who quit JD(S) and joined Congress few days ago.
More than 80% of seats BJP won in last 4 Karnataka polls saw direct contests with Congress. BJP improved its strike rate against JD(S) to 65% in 2018 from 31.25% in 2004.
The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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