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In this election, Congress candidate MV Rajeev Gowda, a Vokkaliga, is taking on Shobha Karandlaj, who hails from the coastal region and is a Bunt Vokkaliga | Latest News India
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.
Villagers talk of unfinished service roads, longer detours, loss of business, rising real estate prices. However, their vote would be on national issues or candidates, they add.
Row over whether Hanuman flags should stay on a flagpole meant for Tricolour has taken a backseat. Candidate Kumaraswamy has fallen back on Cauvery water row, Congress on its guarantees
JD(S) sees further decline in Vokkaliga heartland : Rashtra News #JDS #sees #decline #Vokkaliga #heartland The Janata Dal (Secular), which registered victories in two of the six constituencies that it had contested in the Legislative Council polls, had to suffer an embarrassing defeat in Mandya, the heartland of Vokkaliga politics. In all, it lost three
BENGALURU: Six months after a bruising May poll debacle, BJP on Friday finally chose the party's Vokkaliga face, R Ashoka, as leader of the opposition.
Congress govt also faces pressure from backward and vulnerable groups to accept the survey report to be submitted by BC panel, which has been hanging fire since previous Siddaramaiah regime