Opinion: After Karnataka, Reading The Tea Leaves For 2024
One suspects the ultimate battle of the soul of the country will be between syncretic Hinduism and the more aggressive Hindutva.
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One suspects the ultimate battle of the soul of the country will be between syncretic Hinduism and the more aggressive Hindutva.
Fate had it that at least six Karnataka chief ministers who chose to hold their swearing-in ceremonies on the footsteps of this neo-Dravidian architectural marvel did not complete their full five-year terms
Amidst the Congress party's resounding triumph in the state, the question of who would assume the role of the next Chief Minister hung for several days.
Enjoys support of majority of the party MLAs, chosen CM following days of intense deliberations & intervention by AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and former Congress chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi; KPCC president DK Shivakumar, who too was angling for the top job, to be deputy CM
Siddaramaiah is seen as a mass leader of the backward classes and a man who introduced the populist Bhagya schemes --- Anna (rice), Ksheera (milk), Shaadi (marriage for the underprivileged), etc. He also has the distinction of presenting as many as seven state budgets as finance minister