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BJP remains a strong contender. The Congress is banking on its appeal to caste and welfare promises, while JD(S) fights for survival

The build-up on Hindutva issues like hijab, halal, ban on Muslim traders, began early last year, while the reservation policy was hurriedly changed and put out this year to appeal to Lingayats, Vokkaligas, and Dalits. Neither strategy managed to convince voters.

Barring the last leg of the campaign led by Prime Minister Modi, the Congress managed to set the agenda around local issues which BJP had to keep responding to...

Yediyurappa is a chief minister with nine lives Sugata Srinivasaraju Small Large Despite being dogged by controversies, BS Yediyurappa has survived for so long because no other leader in the state, in recent times, has knit so many communities together to capture power. In the past few months, there have been innumerable calls from professional colleagues and the politically curious, asking if Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa will be replaced. He is 77, so beyond the BJP’s 75-year cut-...