After securing just 19 seats in this year’s Karnataka assembly polls, the lowest since 1999, JDS’s HD Kumaraswamy is resolute in setting base for his party’s survival in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections for which it is cobbling up with BJP. Whether Vokkaligas support his idea is there to be seen
Satish Jarkiholi is close to CM Siddaramaiah, while Lakshmi Hebbalkar is close to Dy CM Shivakumar. Both are looking to extend their influence over Belagavi district with 18 Assembly segments
In a video from an event of the Madiwala community at Nanjangud in the Mysuru district on Friday, Yathindra Siddaramaiah was heard saying iron boxes and cookers were distributed to members of the Madiwala community.