INDIA
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India's political turmoil: leadership transitions and opposition targeting
India faces multiple political upheavals including Karnataka Congress leadership transition with CM Siddaramaiah's expected resignation, ED raids on former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's residence amid allegations of opposition targeting by central agencies, and various state-level political maneuvers and crises.
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- Karnataka will go to mid-term polls, says BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra
- Enforcement Directorate ends search at Pinarayi Vijayan’s Kannur house; CPI(M) workers protest
- Ahead of crucial Congress meeting, Karnataka CM has breakfast with loyalists in Delhi
- ‘I will speak tomorrow’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says, amid talk of power transition
- Leadership change in Karnataka: All eyes on CM Siddaramaiah’s breakfast meeting with Cabinet colleagues on May 28
- CPI(M) alleges Congress-BJP nexus over ED action in Kerala
- ED raids on Pinarayi’s houses: CPI(M) closes ranks in support of former Kerala CM
- CPI(M) cadres stage protests after ED raids ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence in Kannur
- ED raids on Pinarayi Vijayan: CPI(M) says will resist politically and legally; party workers protest across Kerala
- Defiant Pinarayi Vijayan raises fist after ED raid, vows ‘long battle’ against BJP and Congress