Karnataka Elections 2023: Why BJP should sit in opposition if state throws a Hung Assembly on 13 May
Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: For the better part of the last 15 years, the BJP in Karnataka never got its act together in a cohesive manner
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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: For the better part of the last 15 years, the BJP in Karnataka never got its act together in a cohesive manner
Kyasamballi Chengaluraya Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Karnataka after India got independence in 1947. She hailed from the Indian National Congress.
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
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