Twitter recorded over 2.3 million tweets related to Karnataka election between 25 April to 11 May. Siddaramaiah emerges as the most discussed candidate.
Leaders raked up the murders of Hindu activists and the growing Muslim population, while RSS & VHP cadres worked on the ground to swing it the BJP’s way.
Although there was no visible anti-incumbency on the ground, one could sense an indication that Siddaramaiah’s welfare schemes had not clicked, analysts said.
Here's a real-time commentary in which our experts track the trajectory of victories and defeats in this bitterly fought election. Whoever forms the government...
In 2006, Deve Gowda almost expelled Kumaraswamy for going with the BJP. But with scorned ex-protege Siddaramaiah leading the Congress, a deadlock looms.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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