Bangalore South Lok Sabha elections: The stage is all set for a prestige battle in this Vokkaliga stronghold between Dr CN Manjunath, BJP candidate and Janata Dal (Secular) supremo HD Deve Gowda's son-in-law, as well as Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's brother DK Suresh.
Lok Sabha polls: KS Eshwarappa, the suspended BJP leader, has declared his decision to contest from the seat as an independent candidate against sitting MP and former CM BS Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra as well as Kannada superstar Shiva Rajkumar's wife and Congress candidate Geetha Shivrajkumar