Dehradun, May 28 -- Karnataka's ruling Congress manages factional power-sharing agreements (such as the reported mid-term rotation debate between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar), while Uttarakhand's ruling BJP has frequently replaced Chief Ministers mid-term to mitigate anti-incumbency. As such, the coming assembly elections in the two states have triggered a stir in political circles.
In Karnataka, where a change seems imminent, the politics of factional equilibrium has traditionally prevailed. Post-assembly elections, the Congress party has historically balanced leadership through power-sharing arrangements. Ongoing internal stalemates often centre round a mid-term transition or power rotation to keep influential...