Bengaluru, Jan. 6 -- In the history of Karnataka's politics, milestones are often counted in numbers - the years one holds office, the elections one wins, the laws one enacts.
Yet, occasionally, a milestone reveals more than arithmetic. It reflects a trajectory of conviction, courage, and the persistent shaping of a state's social landscape.
Siddaramaiah has become Karnataka's longest-serving Chief Minister, surpassing D. Devaraj Urs' record of 7 years and 239 days. He achieved this milestone on Tuesday, with his cumulative tenure spanning two non-consecutive terms.
Siddaramaiah is not a mere successor to Urs in the conventional sense. He is, if anything, a contemporary interpreter of a century-old challenge: how to give the marginalized...