Kiran Gowda, a final-year MBA student at a private university in north Bengaluru, is over the moon. Shreya Nitin, a law student, stays in a PG in SG Palya, a hub of student hostels, in south Bengaluru. Youth from all over India flock to Bengaluru, believing it to be some utopia. The state government also discourages youth politics. Benkikere points out that not all youth are indifferent to politics, many are scared of the “P” word.

Source: The Telegraph January 18, 2026 02:50 UTC