The BJP performed below par across the state despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the campaign. The PM had given a personal tone to the campaign, framing the election as a vote for a double-engine sarkar.
Whether it is the Congress or the BJP, India s political landscape grapples with the dilemma of populist policies, which may end up shifting the country from reforms to retrogression
Now that the Karnataka Assembly polls are over, many Congress leaders are wondering what is holding back party chief Mallikarjun Kharge from constituting the Congress Working Committee.
Social historian and political commentator Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi on takeaways from the Karnataka Assembly election results, why entrepreneurs have joined politics and how Hindutva was blunted. The session was moderated by National Opinion Editor Vandita Mishra