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India progressing under Modi, K'taka declining: HDK
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|December 27, 2025
Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said while India is moving steadily towards becoming the world's thirdlargest economic power under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Karnataka is heading in the opposite direction under the Congress government.
Speaking at a programme to mark the 10lst birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with the Atal Award presentation and Good Governance Day celebrations, the JD(S) leader said Karnataka was once a model state for governance and development.
“Karnataka was once synonymous with exemplary governance. It had adopted
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