The glittering watches they wore at a breakfast meeting have triggered a political storm, with the BJP reviving attacks on their wealth declarations and graft allegations.
On Monday, Modi delivered an aggressive speech, which TV news pounced upon with relish, sensing a good fight ahead—‘PM tears into Opposition’, ‘belt treatment', 'big attack'.
Rebellion in Karnataka BJP resurfaces even as Congress appears to have quelled dissent within & struck temporary truce between CM Siddaramaiah & his deputy D.K. Shivakumar.
Karnataka Deputy CM and his brother D.K. Suresh gave Siddaramaiah a warm welcome with Suresh seeking the chief minister's blessings by touching his feet.
Earlier, the Karnataka CM said he and his deputy had breakfast and a ‘productive meeting’ to discuss the ‘road ahead’, including the agenda for 2028 elections and upcoming local body polls.
The tussle, fueled by a 2023 'power-sharing agreement' between Siddaramaiah & Shivakumar, has pushed each side's loyalists to lobby for their leaders' claims to the state's top post.
Ongoing tussle between CM & Dy CM is one of the most ‘dignified’ in Karnataka’s otherwise turbulent political history, says political analyst; another adds, the ‘game has just begun’.
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.
All Indian politicians are personally capitalist but publically socialist. Foolish public savilate at their socialism. X amount of corruption money reaches the CM’s table, hence the clamour to occupy the CM’s chair.
All Indian politicians are personally capitalist but publically socialist. Foolish public savilate at their socialism. X amount of corruption money reaches the CM’s table, hence the clamour to occupy the CM’s chair.