A more interesting election ahead

Both the Congress and BJP have huge political investments in Karnataka, but the lines between their supporters have blurred over the years

With the elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh done and dusted, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) eyes will now swivel to Karnataka, where Assembly polls are due in six months.

Both parties have their share of leadership problems. The state presidentship of BJP MP Nalin Kateel ended in August this year. Since then, there is no word from the party on his replacement. A year after being ejected from the chief minister’s post in July 2021, B S Yediyurappa, arguably the tallest BJP leader in Karnataka, was rehabilitated by his inclusion in the BJP Parliamentary Board, which is