Unlike other states, in Karnataka religious mutts and pontiffs play an important role in elections. Be it the agitation for reservations, protest over non-fulfilment of demands, religious or caste pontiffs take centrestage and lead the .
The ruling BJP is trying hard to make Karnataka its bastion through an aggressive Hindutva agenda and repeat the success that the party achieved in the last Lok Sabha elections.The state has 28 Lok Sabha constituencies and the BJP swept 25 .
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