“Karnataka Chaos: A Mess Created by the Congress High Command”, The Dharma Dispatch, November 27, 2025
“Karnataka Congress is reaping the consequences of a toothless High Command that can no longer discipline its state chieftains, turning the state into a theatre of factional bloodsport between Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shiva Kumar.
IN 1980, KARNATAKA LEGISLATOR H.C. Srikantaiah mass-defected from the Congress (Urs) to the Congress (I), taking 84 MLAs with him. In a stroke, it unseated D. Devaraj Urs, now in his second consecutive chief ministerial term; Urs had lasted less than a year in power.
But Srikantiah would live to permanently regret his backstabbing. His fond hope of becoming the next chief minister was blown by Sanjay Gandhi who sidelined him and installed R. Gundu Rao, a Brahmin, on the coveted seat. Gundu Rao and his Man Friday, F.M. Khan, part of Sanjay’s inner circle, had quietly rigged things in Delhi…….”
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