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Why Kerala isn’t buying Modi claim of ‘double-digit’ win in India electionIn India’s only state where the BJP has never won a seat, demographics and history remain stumbling blocks for the PM.

How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshootThe HD Deve Gowda-led JD(S) faces an existential crisis. A poor performance could see it lose sway over the state’s significant Vokkaliga community to the BJP.

BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in powerThe Billavas have been steadfast supporters of the BJP’s Hindutva project. But a younger generation is growing disenchanted with the party.

Why Congress isn’t celebrating the Karnataka result despite improving its tallyThe BJP’s performance could strengthen BS Yediyurappa’s grip over the state unit.

BJP continues to fan communal tensions in coastal Karnataka over a young man’s mysterious deathWith an eye on the state assembly elections, the BJP is raising communal temperatures, triggering fear among Muslims.

In Karnataka, Deve Gowda's supporters feel his party should join hands with BJP to defeat CongressThe Vokkaliga community feels that Janata Dal (S) should ally with the BJP to shunt the Siddaramaiah-led Congress out of power.

With 12 political murders in Kerala’s Kannur since 2016, families fear violence will never endSince the LDF took charge two years ago, the area has witnessed the killings of seven workers of the Sangh Parivar, four of the CPI(M) and one of the Congress.

For Wayanad voters, land issues and farm distress are key concerns – not Narendra Modi’s jibeOn April 1, Modi suggested that Rahul Gandhi had chosen to contest from Wayanad because of its high proportion of voters from minority communities.

Karnataka farmers hope Supreme Court order on Cauvery water will make farm distress a campaign issueThough political parties have started talking about water scarcity, the resultant agrarian crisis has not featured prominently in their campaigns so far.

In Karnataka, a candidate of Yogendra Yadav’s party is contesting elections – with Congress helpBut Darshan Puttannaiah of the Swaraj Abhiyan says he is under no obligation to support the Congress in the event of a hung Assembly.

In Coastal Karnataka, as assembly polls approach, a spate of political killings deepens tensionsAn RSS worker was killed last week, allegedly in retaliation to the murder of a Social Democratic Party of India activist last month.

‘Attack on Hindus’: Facing Lingayat challenge, the VHP sharpens attack on Congress in KarnatakaThe ruling party has supported the Lingayat demand for separate religious status from Hinduism with the aim of cutting into BJP vote bank.

In a first, Kerala RSS leader praises communist CM's bid to end political violence in KannurSangh leader says Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan spoke with him nine times to convince him to join peace meetings on Monday and Tuesday.

Hindu votes are not enough. BJP wants to reach out to Christians in KeralaThe party's Kozhikode conclave will also discuss ways to take on the two big political fronts in the state, and to smooth over differences with allies.

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