Bengaluru, Sept. 7 -- The simmering differences between former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Minister Satish Jarkiholi have brought Karnataka's influential AHINDA politics to a critical juncture, raising questions over who will lead the social coalition that has traditionally been a major pillar of the Congress' electoral strategy in the State.
The issue gained fresh political significance following a recent convention of backward communities, where the absence of several prominent leaders and the contrasting engagements of key AHINDA figures triggered intense speculation within political circles.
AHINDA - representing minorities, backward classes and Dalits - has for years been closely associated with Siddaramaiah's political identity....