Page 12 - Old Mysore News Today

The back-to-back roadshows come at the tail end of an intense campaign for next week's election. Less than a week before voting day, parties are making every possible attempt to win over voters.

A month before the election dates were announced, 89-year-old Gowda landed in a hospital with serious age-related ailments.

Actor-politician Nikhil Kumaraswamy is fighting the Karnataka Assembly elections from Ramanagara. From building a stadium and a park to bringing the Metro to the constituency, Nikhil says he has a lot of plans for the seat currently represented by his mother Anitha.

Kumaraswamy is only chief minister who waived farm loans to considerable extent, says Deve Gowda

Economic issues such as price rise occupy pole position in the Old Mysore region as the state goes to polls.

Muzaffar Assadi, a keen politics watcher and Mysore University professor, elaborates on why he thinks BJP is on stage one of its Hindutva project in Karnataka, and is thus not as likely to reap the benefits of the exercise in the upcoming polls.

The opinion poll is predicting the BJP and the JD(S) will win seats way well below the mark.

Karnataka elections 2023: Both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress know that the route to Bengaluru goes through the Old Mysore region. The JDS is an old Mysore-centric sub-regional party whose very existence depends on its performance in this agrarian region

The Janata Dal (Secular) is hoping to make a strong comeback. The party could be staring at a do-or-die scenario, as the number of seats it wins may largely decide the future course of the party.

Informing about the PM's event, MP Sumalatha said, "The arrival of PM Narendra Modi has given more enthusiasm to the BJP which is targeting to win from the old Mysore area."