Karnataka governor Vajubhai R Vala, 79, an old BJP warhorse, has spent close to six decades in public life, holding key portfolios like finance minister of Gujarat and Speaker of its Assembly. But nothing that he's done before, including presenting the Gujarat budget a record 18 times, will be as important as what he will do over the next few days.
With Karnataka throwing up a fractured verdict, all eyes are on this former RSS man, who was Narendra Modi's cabinet colleague in his home state and maintains a cordial relationship with him.