Express View: Congress and BJP manifestos for Karnataka fall short of what the state needs
Congress manifesto looks at social justice as a percentage of quotas, BJP as one of division.
Source: indianexpress.com
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One week to Karnataka polls: BJP looks at Modi to defeat anti-incumbency, Congress hopes to ride it
Anti-incumbency, mainly centring on price rise and corruption, and encompassing farmers’ vulnerabilities, concerns on education and jobs, is a loud and assertive clamour in South Karnataka’s districts of Mandya, Tumakuru and Mysore.
Source: indianexpress.com
One week to Karnataka polls: BJP looks at Modi to defeat anti-incumbency, Congress hopes to ride it
Anti-incumbency, mainly centring on price rise and corruption, and encompassing farmers’ vulnerabilities, concerns on education and jobs, is a loud and assertive clamour in South Karnataka’s districts of Mandya, Tumakuru and Mysore.
Source: indianexpress.com
Karnataka minister V Somanna: 'I won't accept defeat (against Siddaramaiah) very easily. I will fight till the end'
It was Amit Shah who decided that I should contest Varuna against Siddaramaiah besides Chamarajanagar seat, BJP veteran and Lingayat leader tells The Indian Express
Source: indianexpress.com
The Milk Route To Political Power
The Amul-Nandini dispute is not about sharing markets, it is far more insidious
Deve Gowda Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Amit Shah Devaraj Urs Karnataka Assembly Central Agriculture Department
Source: thecitizen.in
Why almost all regional parties have failed to take flight in Karnataka
Looking at the political history of Karnataka, it is clear that the electorate never supported regional parties wholeheartedly as they are the by-products of rebel leaders of national parties, sans ideology.
Tamil Nadu Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha Chandrababu Naidu Bal Thackeray
Source: thenewsminute.com
16 Out of 23 Chief Ministers So Far: Looking at Lingayat-Vokkaliga Dominance in Karnataka Politics
16 of 23 chief ministers: Lingayat Vokkaliga dominance Karnataka politics; dominance of two communities state politics Lingayat community nine CMs after reorganisation 1956; Lingayat leader BS Yediyurappa first BJP CM Karnataka Vokkaliga leader HD Deve Gowda Janata Dal CM 1994 elevated to India PM June 1996; Lingayat and Vokkaliga two communities dominated Karnataka politics for decades; included in other backward class category current reservation system two communities distinctive edge state p...
Janata Dal Lingayat Rajiv Gandhi K Chengalaraya Redyy Congresd Devaraj Urs N Dharam Singh Dv Sadananda Gowda
Source: news18.com
​Explained: What Does the Lingayat-Vokkaliga Factor Mean in Karnataka Elections?
Overall, the Karnataka election result, to a large extent, will hinge on how much the major parties can safeguard their core vote-banks in key geographies. And the extent to which the Lingayat and Vokkaliga vote may shift
Source: news18.com
​Explained: The Lingayat-Vokkaliga factor in Karnataka elections
The two traditionally powerful caste groups, Lingayats and Vokkaligas, virtually controlled state politics between 1956 and 1972 and the L-V caste equation powered the Congress’s political hold over Karnataka until the mid-1970s
Source: firstpost.com
Can Shettar achieve what other bigwig rebels could not in the past?
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has filed his nominations from his traditional constituency of Hubli-Dharwad-Central for the forthcoming Assembly elections.
Sarekoppa Bangarappa Indira Gandhi Ramakrishna Hegde Karnataka Janata Paksha Rajiv Gandhi Mahesh Tenginkai
Source: oneindia.com