BJP strategists feel that this connection might help the party to wean away a big chunk of Vokkaliga votes from JDS and Congress. Both the JDS and Congress followers among the Vokkaligas, however, have questioned BJP’s move to bring Yogi Adityanath to Gowda heartland
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Over the last two decades, the BJP has been able to extract support from some sections of Vokkaligas in the urban centres of Bengaluru and Mysore, and in Malnad, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada.
Over 9.17 lakh first-time voters to participate in the upcoming elections in Karnataka, according CEC Rajiv Kumar. Under Advance Application Facility, over 1.25 lakh applications were received from 17 years+ youth, out of which around 41,000 applications received from youth turning 18 years by April 1st, 2023, he sad in a press conference.