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As BS Yediyurappa bows out of electoral politics, Open hits the campaign trail with the Lingayat leader
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
In conversation with BS Yediyurappa
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
This is not the first time that Abhishek Manu Singhvi has pointedly distanced himself from some of the utterances of his party and its positions on various issues
The BJP is seeing a mellowing of rebel leaders like Vasundhara Raje and Uma Bharti in state units
Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa is busy creating a rift within the BJP leadership
New Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai may not be a mass leader like his predecessor but he is a skilled consensus-maker
BY Vijayendra, BS Yediyurappa’s son and the architect of unlikely bypoll victories, bides his time