After the States Reorganisation Act, which renamed Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973, the state has had only 72 women MLAs out of 10,080 in the last 45 years
A total of 27 ministers in poll-bound Karnataka own average assets worth Rs 34.6 crore, followed by Andhra Pradesh ministers who have average assets worth Rs 27.9 crore and Maharashtra lawmakers with average assets worth Rs 22.4 crore
Caught in the border dispute on linguistic grounds for the last seven decades, the Khanapur Assembly constituency located in Belagavi district of northern Karnataka is crying for development and people are pinning hopes on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for early resolution.