JD(S) leader and former Chief Minster HD Kumaraswamy has been strident in his attack on alleged corruption to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore in the cash-for-transfers cases.
He cited the Congress' poor performance in the 2019 general election after victories in assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the previous year to buttress his point.
Whether it is the Congress or the BJP, India s political landscape grapples with the dilemma of populist policies, which may end up shifting the country from reforms to retrogression
The new team of ministers will have a cabinet meeting after the oath taking ceremony, where they are expected to approve the rolling out of ‘five guarantees’ promised in the Congress manifesto.
While the Congress can form the government comfortably for the next five years, this victory itself cannot be construed as the defeat of communalism or of the BJP.