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Congress and JD(S) MLAs who submitted their resignation letters to the Karnataka Speaker leave the Raj Bhavan after meeting the Governor on July 6.

Triumph of chicanery in Karnataka

The Karnataka model of coalition politics as an antidote to Hindutva politics appears hopelessly compromised as the government totters on the brink of
Ravi Sharma ,Rishikesh Bahadur Desai
BJP supporters celebrating outside the party office in Bengaluru on May 23.

Ground regained

The BJP’s massive win destroys the Congress-JD(S)’ “Karnataka model” of political alternative and poses a threat to the very survival of the coalitio
V. Sridhar,Rishikesh Bahadur Desai ,Ravi Sharma
A section of the crowd attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign rally at Chikkodi on April 18.

A bridge too far

The BJP is banking on caste and community factors in a campaign devoid of livelihood issues, but the combined strength of the Congress and the JD(S) m
Rishikesh Bahadur Desai Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Girish Pattanashetti Ravi Sharma & Firoz Rozindar
BJP national president Amit Shah with BJP State party president B.S. Yeddyurappa (second, left), Bangalore South candidate Tejasvi Surya (right) and Tejaswini Ananth Kumar (left) in a road show at Banashankari in Bengaluru on April 2.

Missing chemistry

The logic of electoral arithmetic, which ought to have given the Congress-JD(S) combine a head start, is considerably weakened by the alliance’s failu
Ravi Sharma,Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed,Rishikesh Bahadur Desai ,G.T. Satish
Karnataka : Bengaluru : 15/05/2018 BJP members celebrate victory of party nominees in Belagavi city on Tuesday . Photo : P K Badiger

How Lingayats voted

The issue of separate religion status for Lingayats may not have been weighing on the minds of voters as much as it has been for academics and politic
RISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI in Belagavi
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