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Indira Gandhi's victory in the Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha by-election in 1978 was credited to DB Chandre Gowda, the local MP. Gowda not only vacated his

Gowda, who had represented all the four Houses -- legislative assembly, council, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, was also part of various political parties

His mortal remains will be kept at Adyanthaya Rangamandira in Mudigere for his followers and well-wishers to pay homage till this evening, and the last rites is likely to be performed at his native Daradahalli on Wednesday, sources close to Gowda's family said.

Karnataka has a long history of caste empowerment. The ideological stream of Lohiaite socialism was adapted and merged into the legacy of Devaraj Urs, which influenced the Congress to position itself as a proponent of social justice politics in the state. The BJP leadership’s attempt to plug in the state party to its national grid, where energy is generated from anti-Muslim agendas and hyper-nationalism, does not seem to have appealed to the Karnataka voter.

BJP central leadership's attempt to plug in the state party to its national grid, where energy is generated from anti-Muslim agendas and hyper-nationalism, seems not to have appealed to Karnataka voter