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Behind the Spectacle: S.L. Bhyrappa’s Eyewitness to an Indira Gandhi Rally and the Ethics of Power
Mass rallies shaped India’s political history, and eyewitness observations attributed to S.L. Bhyrappa from an Indira Gandhi event reveal how spectacle, symbolism, and strategy converged to influence voters. This analysis situates the rally within a rigorous timeline—from the 1969 Congress split and the 1971 “Garibi Hatao” landslide to the Emergency and the 1980 return—while unpacking…
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Karnataka 2023 Elections: Options for the BJP
If the voter gives a hung verdict on May 13, it will be respectable for the BJP to sit in the opposition and attend the gym regularly to strengthen itself for the next five years. The last stable Government that Karnataka witnessed was during the tenure of S.M. Krishna who left office in 2004. Ever…