An impressive performance by the Congress in winning over half of the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and support by the community in general constituencies across the State is being seen through the perspective of various Dalit factions coming together for the first time in over three decades.
Though elevation of Mallikarjuna Kharge as the Congress president is being speculated in the political narrative as one of the reasons for consolidation of Dalit votes, there have been several months of background efforts in bringing together the factions to work closely, which started in July last year.
