Karnataka polls: It's not just about castes voting on predictable lines

The rival political leaders are likely to endlessly accuse each other of having indulged in corruption

Elections in Karnataka aren't just about castes voting on predictable lines. The scent, or as some might call it odour, of money wafts across the towns and villages of the state. It is the time when the electorate expects their legislators would share the spoils amassed over five years.

Across the region, frenetic road construction and laying of drainage is taking place as legislators try exhaust their local area development funds. Village temples have either been renovated or new temples constructed, mostly with healthy financial assistance from the politicians in the fray.

Voters give vent to their anger against a