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
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
It will take more than the Bihar chief minister’s enthusiasm to ensure opposition unity
The Last Leap of a Warhorse
As BS Yediyurappa bows out of electoral politics, Open hits the campaign trail with the Lingayat leader
Endgame Karnataka
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
‘The decision to hike reservations for almost all communities has struck a chord’
In conversation with BS Yediyurappa
The Deccan Supremacy
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
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