evidence: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost its only stronghold in the country’s south after voters in Karnataka state rejected the Hindu-nationalist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in crucial local elections last week. Karnataka had been perceived as a "laboratory" for the BJP’s right-wing Hindu-nationalist ideology – known as Hindutva – and some analysts say the defeat is a sign of trouble for Modi as he aims to secure a momentous second decade in power. [...] Congress has accused the BJP of corrupt electoral practices in Karnataka. Outgoing BJP chief minister Basavaraj Somappa Bommai has repeatedly denied the allegations.