2024: Countdown

Kingmaker dream over, Gowda & Son biggest losers

V Shoba

Apart from family rivalries, JD(S) has lost its shine among voters who do not seem to associate it with the son-of-the-soil interests that patriarch HD Deve Gowda once leveraged very successfully

Congress Makes a Comeback

Rajeev Deshpande

After a long gap, Congress gets it right in a major state, reasserts its main challenger status. But the party’s success needs to be replicated in crucial state elections due at the year end.

Nitish’s Misplaced Mission

Ullekh NP

It will take more than the Bihar chief minister’s enthusiasm to ensure opposition unity

DM from PM

Amita Shah

BJP maximises the power of short videos in its social media campaign

The Last Leap of a Warhorse

V Shoba

As BS Yediyurappa bows out of electoral politics, Open hits the campaign trail with the Lingayat leader

Endgame Karnataka

Rajeev Deshpande

On the eve of a high-stakes finale, BJP hopes to retain its only Southern bastion by pitching development against the opposition’s caste calculus

Hoping Against Hope

V Shoba

Congress banks on grassroots grievances

The Hassan Hustle

V Shoba

It’s a young BJP MLA versus the cross-generational family saga of JD(S)

‘The decision to hike reservations for almost all communities has struck a chord’

V Shoba

In conversation with BS Yediyurappa

The Deccan Supremacy

Rajeev Deshpande

The stakes are high in the Karnataka assembly polls with BJP seeking a majority to strengthen its 2024 frontrunner status and Congress fighting to remain relevant in national politics