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.
The Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency is considered a stronghold of Vokkaligas and the JDS. Both Suresh and Manjunath are from the Vokkaliga community.