Despite the Hindutva plank not playing a big role in these polls, the region, which saw the polarising issues of love jihad and hijab in the recent past, more or less voted for status quo.
Former BJP leader Jagadish Shettar has committed a ”political blunder” by joining its rival Congress and should have rather fought as an independent candidate since that gave him.
The parties indulged in allegations and counter charges on the issue, as the ruling BJP accused the opposition of nepotism in selection of their candidates. The Congress hit back, asking the BJP to have a look into its own list first.
The announcement of candidates by the three major political parties in Karnataka for next month's Legislative Council polls has sparked a "nepotism debate".