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In the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly election 2018, Congress’ Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda says Siddaramaiah’s Karnataka model has beaten BJP’s Gujarat model on several key indicators Election News   :  The Siddaramaiah-led Congress   government in Karnataka has outperformed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) so-called ‘Gujarat model of development’ on most indicators, says the Congress’ Rajya Sabha member and research department chief M V Rajeev Gowda. A professor of economics and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, from 2000-2014, Gowda has a doctorate in public policy and management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In an interview with Archis Mohan, Gowda says investment and job generation in Karnataka have been much higher than Gujarat. Edited excerpts: Is the Karnataka   election yet another in a series of elections or do you think it would be a narrative-setting election for the...

Days before the Karnataka Assembly election 2018, Prime Minister Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi are repeatedly crossing swords. Catch the Karnataka election campaign updates here Political News  :  Karnataka Assembly election 2018  has seen vigorous campaigning by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi crossing swords over a plethora of issues, including corruption. While Modi said the Karnataka government was a “gold medalist” in corruption and that Congress leaders were “drunk on power”, Gandhi hit right back accusing the BJP of corruption in Rafale fighter jet deal and protecting fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi. The prime minister will on Friday interact with the office-bearers and workers of the BJP’s Karnataka women’s wing through the  NaMo App . Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister  Yogi Adityanath   was also in the poll-bound state, where he took a swipe at the Siddar...