As the year comes to a close, Pakistan gears up for the February 8 polls, where Nawaz Sharif will look at wresting back his support base from former PM Imran Khan, who has been disqualified from contesting the elections owing to conviction on charges of corruption.
Aside from ensuring his party's victory in the 2023 Karnataka and Telangana assembly polls, DK Shivakumar has consistently been the Congress's go-to man to thwart alleged poaching attempts by the BJP in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Goa