Yediyurappa is everything an ideal Modi-Shah chief minister isn't

Yediyurappa has provided the first challenge to the unfettered, unquestioned authority of Modi & Shah. BJP leaders in other states could take inspiration from him

Karnataka isn’t politically the most important state in India. In terms of its contribution to the Lok Sabha, it is a mid-sized state — in the Kerala (20) to Madhya Pradesh (29) ballpark. Yet, Karnataka has beaten any of these several times over in its domination of the headline space for the past many months.

Now, with the BJP in power again you’d expect a smug sense of victory and calm. Scratch the surface, you will see much disquiet and dissonance instead. 

We can go so far as to say that mid-sized Karnataka has provided the first challenge to the