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I, me and myself : Deve Gowda's politics

Inspite of largely having worked in business journalism in my career, I have had the opportunity to meet quite a few politicians, mainly those of the southern states. The only one who occupied the highest post in the land from the South is a self styled...

Feckless leaders and family politics

Margaret Alva's outburst on tickets having been sold in the recent Karnataka elections has set the cat among the pigeons. She of course has had to pay a price for it. Both Margaret Alva and C K Jaffer Sharief have been dissatisfied because their children...

Can Deshpande revive Congress in Karnataka ?

After remaining headless for a long time, Madam G has finally anointed R V Deshpande as the new KPCC chief after Mallikarjuna Kharge opted to retain leadership of the party in the assembly. For the first time Karnataka Congress also has a working president...

BJP's 'Operation Lotus' will come back to haunt it

The BJP in Karnataka is continuing its 'Operation Lotus' to lure opposition MLA's to resign their seats and join the party with ministerial berths as reward. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has shown unexpected political cunning in luring opposition...

The loneliness of Siddaramiah

Permanent rebels are always unhappy. Siddaramiah who at one time was a key lieutenant of JD (S) leader H D Deve Gowda and became the deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, later fell out with him and joined Congress. Even earlier during Janata Party days...