Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s gamble of focusing on Bengaluru will play out on 15 May when Karnataka election results are declared. This will be answered on Tuesday, when the Karnataka election results are declared. Nearly three-quarters of the rallies addressed all over Karnataka by Modi were held by other parties, according to an analysis by Mint. “We don’t have any empirical evidence to state if the presence of party leaders does help the party win seats. “Remember, when Narendra Modi visited Mangaluru city as Gujarat chief minister in 2013, it hardly had an impact.

Source: Mint May 13, 2018 15:00 UTC