While BJP candidate and incumbent MP, Ramesh Jigajinagi, is seeking vote in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the JD(S) candidate, Sunita Chavan, is focussing on countering his “Modi mantra”. Mr. Jigajinagi won both times. However, under the seat-sharing pact, the JD(S) got the seat and it chose a candidate from the Banjara community. Added to this, there is also discontentment among local Congress leaders for having lost the seat to JD(S) despite its limited presence. In the last election, JD(S) candidate and former bureaucrat K. Shivaram secured 57,000 votes, while the Congress got over 3 lakh votes.

Source: The Hindu April 20, 2019 17:26 UTC