When choosing candidates, it is not enough for a political party to know the majority group in a constituency. It is also important to know the sub-caste and further groupings in each community.
Migrant workers told TNM that they preferred to walk to their workplaces since the traffic and road conditions in the area can take them a long time to reach.
Because of the risks involved, the cooking of beef in many Catholic households in Belthangady is now done secretly but that hasn’t stopped them from politically supporting the Hindutva cause.