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The politics over milk has taken over headlines in poll-bound Karnataka with ‘Amul versus Nandini’ being made an election issue, especially by opposition parties Congress and JD(S)
Traditionally, this Vokkaliga-dominated belt used to witness a straight fight between the JDS and the Congress.
In private, DK Shivakumar demands that the CM post should naturally go to him and it is non-negotiable. Siddaramaiah argues that he is the most popular mass leader and should be made the CM again. In public, both leave it to the party high command
This is a new kind of politics for a part of the state that has been largely impervious to the BJP’s hardline Hindutva push.
In the 2018 Karnataka election, the incumbent Siddaramaiah-led Congress party lost power, but its performance in terms of vote share was "historic". For the first time in nearly four decades, an incumbent political party had increased its vote share.