Mysuru: Forty-four days to go for the ‘Battle for Ballots’ and political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. Mysuru, the home district of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, will be the focus for the next few days. While the CM will embark on a five-day tour of Mysuru district starting today, National BJP Chief Amit Shah’s plane will land at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli at 8.30 tonight.
The Assembly election is a big test for the ruling Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections next year as Karnataka is the only big State where the ‘Grand Old Party’ is in power after losing a string of elections to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Besides BJP and Congress, Janata Dal (Secular) and a host of smaller parties are also in the fray. The old Mysuru region comprising Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagaram, Chamarajanagar and Hassan, is electorally the ‘driest’ for the BJP as it had failed to win even a single seat in the elections that were held in 2013.
