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    CongNataka: Local pitch, rural vote script win

    Nalin MehtaBy Nalin MehtaMay 15, 2023Updated:July 26, 2023No Comments1 Min Read
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    This article was first published on TOI |  May 13, 2023.

    Congress’s Karnataka victory in the only state south of the Vindhyas where BJP held power, marks significant departures in the local political matrix. It also has several implications for national politics. At the local level, this election has been bookended by several major shifts in Karnataka’s regions and social groupings….

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    — Nalin Mehta (@nalinmehta) May 14, 2023

    FROM TOI PRINT EDITION

    ..Beyond Karnataka, what does this result mean for national politics?
    With a strong anti-incumbency sentiment against BJP in a state that hasn’t elected an incumbent to power in over three decades, Congress was always expected to win. Yet, the scale of the victory (136 seats with over 43% vote-share — and a 7% gap with the BJP) is a big morale booster for the main national opposition party.
    Karnataka has the third biggest economy of any state in India (after Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu). Winning control of such a prosperous and politically significant state is a fillip to Congress on the road to 2024…

    Read the full opinion in The Times of India

    This article was first published on TOI |  May 13, 2023

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    Professor Nalin Mehta is Dean, School of Modern Media, UPES; Advisor, Global University Systems and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University Singapore. He is an award-winning social scientist, journalist and author who has held senior leadership positions in major Indian media companies; international financing institutions like the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia (ANU, La Trobe University), Singapore (NUS), Switzerland (International Olympic Museum) and India (IIM Bangalore, Shiv Nadar University).

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