How Karnataka’s political capital moved across the state
BENGALURU: If Karnataka’s CMs are plotted not by party but by regions they came from, a pattern emerges: Its political centre of gravity hasn’t remained fixed. When DK Shivakumar took oath last week, he became the latest stop in a political journey that began in the northern districts, shifted to Old Mysuru, scattered across regions during the Janata era, and eventually settled into a contest between the Vokkaliga south and the Lingayat north.
