Karnataka
Welfare Without Populism
PR Ramesh
The Modi government resists economic appeasement even as Opposition-ruled states revel in it
Paying the Price
The Congress government in Karnataka hikes borrowing and excise duty and slashes capital expenditure to fund its five poll guarantees
Freebies Fetish
Every time the Indian economy seems capable of sustaining high growth, welfare populism makes a comeback
Banning Bajrang Dal?
The hasty visits of Congress leaders to various Hanuman temples did indicate their concern about the ill-considered manifesto promise
The Problem of Plenty
With too many commitments and contenders, Karnataka’s Congress government has to get its balancing act right
Freebies to Lure Voters
The whole big bouquet of revadis, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls them, that the Karnataka Congress offered, does not seem to have surpassed anything that Kejriwal may have done thus far to get ahead in elections
Cong wins big in Karnataka as BJP ‘double engine’ stalls
Grass roots anger over price rise, factional frictions hurt BJP while Congress gains by exploiting incumbency and focussing on local discontent.
‘The decision to hike reservations for almost all communities has struck a chord’
In conversation with BS Yediyurappa
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