The BJP and the Janata Dal (secular) are both carrying out rally’s across Karnataka to highlight the shortcomings of the Congress rule under chief minister K. Siddaramaiah. Notwithstanding reports of increasing tensions between the top leadership of the party (Siddaramaiah and Parameshwara), the KPCC is trying to ensure that its grass root levels are not fragmented. The KPCC has delegated different sets of responsibilities to different wings of its frontal organisations like Youth Congress, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and the Mahila Congress among other departments. Shastry says that the Congress will have to approach 2018 differently when compared to 2013, when the party was in opposition. He says that in 2013 they could easily oppose what the BJP did, but this time they have to defend their government’s record.

Source: Mint December 08, 2017 06:00 UTC