The Karnataka Assembly elections are a few months away but overzealous party workers seem to have begun campaigning in their signature styles already. A Congress party worker has painted his sedan in the party’s colours (tricolour without the Ashok Chakra) and has been driving it all over Bangalore. To add to the effect, it had a slogan painted over it in Kannada: “Join Congress, bring change”. In addition to this, it has pictures of the prominent leaders of the party over the car. The Congress is trying to stage a comeback in the state after seven years, so maybe the hard work is warranted.
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