The Karnataka government has announced a public holiday for government and educational institutions in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts to mourn the death of sitting Chamarajanagar MP V Srinivasa Prasad.
MYSURU: On the eve of polling to Mysore and Chamarajanagar parliamentary segments, Mysuru forest officials successfully drove a tusker roaming in the .
Experts attribute the relatively low turnout to the summer heat with the temperatures soaring to 37 degrees Celsius and the election day falling on a weekend.
In Mysuru, a seat Congress last won in 2009, the entry of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the royal family, as BJP candidate has made the contest a tight one for Congress. By picking Wadiyar, BJP has tried to nullify anti-incumbency as sitting MP Pratap Simha has completed two terms. Mysureans have always seen members of the royal family beyond the narrow lens of caste.