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Rise of the Opposition

Will the Opposition's move to checkmate the BJP yield results? A year is a long time but the trends are not promising.

Opposition, Kartanaka elections, BJP
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Opposition, Kartanaka elections, BJP

Vikram Johri
At the time of writing, there is little clarity on how the H D Kumaraswamy-led government in Karnataka will decide portfolios between Janata Dal (Secular), his party, and Congress, the senior coalition partner. All that the chief minister has confirmed is a farm loan waiver, a promise originally made by his opponent, the BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa, on the campaign trail.
 
Such quibbling in the very first week seems out of place in a coalition whose birth was midwifed by a Congress desperate not to lose out to the BJP in the only important state left in the Grand