It’s being called the semi-finals in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. As Karnataka goes to polls on May 12, we at TNM will keep bringing you all updates along with in-depth stories, interviews and opinion pieces.

For the uninitiated, we will also have explainers on everything to know about these elections.

Karnataka is one of the few states where the grand old party, the Indian National Congress, is still in power. The Congress led by CM Siddaramaiah faces a mammoth task of being re-elected, which no party has been able to accomplish since 1983. For the BJP, it’s the gateway for the party’s dominance in south India.   

Follow this blog for all the developments in major political parties—- ruling Congress, the primary challenger BJP, kingmaker JDS, and new entrant AAP.

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