Fighting battles, winning wars: Rajasthan syndrome haunts Karnataka Cong

High Command is caught between a rock and hard place

“We have won the battle, but the war remains,” said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after the votes of the last Assembly seat in the Karnataka Assembly elections were counted and it became clear that the Congress had got an unambiguous mandate, winning 135 seats of 224.

Truer words have never been spoken.

Ahead of the Congress Legislature Party meeting, Kharge announced that three observers — veteran Maharashtra leader Sushilkumar Shinde and party leaders Jitendra Singh and Deepak Babaria — would assess the mood of the House and hand over their report to the party High Command, after which the High