Siddaramaiah: a poor strategist

A father’s love for his son proved to be Siddaramaiah’s undoing Chamundeshwari did not allow Sidda-ramaiah a last hurrah. The chief minister lost the election to his former poll manager, GT Deve Gowda. It showed up Siddaramaiah as a poor strategist, giving up his safe Varuna seat for his son, Yathindra, to test his luck […]

The battle of VIP sons

In Varuna, Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra is gearing up to take on Abhishek, JD(S) candidate and son-in-law of Congress’ K Shadakshari. Yeddyurappa’s son was not allowed to contest at the last minute. Thus, the upcoming Karnataka elections are all set to see some ‘son’-rise, as well as some ‘son’-sets Darshan Puttannaiah would have been sitting on […]