The Assembly elections meant little for Mariyanna, who was grazing sheep in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s backyard in Siddaramanahundi on Saturday. Oblivious of the poll brouhaha in Varuna Assembly constituency, from where Mr. Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra is making his electoral debut, Mr. Mariyanna, a nomadic shepherd from Sira in Tumakuru district, has no plans of casting his vote. Mr. Mariyanna and Mr. Gowda traverse the meadows in the districts in southern Karnataka, grazing the sheep which belong to a Tumakuru-based person. Each of us sleeps for two hours at one stretch,” said Mr. Mariyanna. “When we spend a night on their fields, we are paid ₹200 and five measures of rice,” Mr. Mariyanna said.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2018 19:17 UTC