Karnataka Assembly elections: BJP, Congress talk development

PM Modi detailed the development work that the Centre had done in Karnataka in the past four years

“Development” as a poll plank held centre stage in the Karnataka election campaign on Thursday.

If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is struggling with its attempts at infusing a dash of religious polarisation in the mix, the Congress’s efforts at stoking Kannadiga pride to counter the Sangh Parivar’s Hindutva, or at creating a split among the Lingayats, seem to have run their course.

While the third contender, the Janata Dal (Secular), organised a big rally for its ally Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP and Congress President Rahul Gandhi tried to get the election campaign