Riding on the Hindutva and Modi wave, the BJP succeeded in retaining six out of eight Assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday.
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Though Congress leaders dismiss the recent growth of SDPI, the political arm of the now-banned PFI, in the coastal area as negligible, they are well aware that it can make a dent in their vote-bank by weaning away Muslim votes.
In coastal Karnataka, for instance, election warriors exchange sharp weapon-like words on whether the region is as impregnable a fortress of the Sangh as it is believed to be.