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Rural Bengaluru seeks policy change to address farm distress, lack of jobs

Voters seek policy change to address farm distress, lack of employment

PM Narendra Modi, at an election rally in Mysuru
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PM Narendra Modi, at an election rally in Mysuru | PTI File

Karan Choudhury Bengaluru
Elections bring out the rural-urban divide like no other time. Two days ahead of the polls, that divide is prominent in the IT capital of India, Bengaluru. While start-ups with their dollar fundings look for new benchmarks in valuations, many who have migrated to the city from far-flung areas struggle to find jobs. For them, the April 18 Lok Sabha election means little. 

K Ramesh, 23, left his village in Belgaum district, after his father, a farmer, urged him to find a job in the city. Rainfall has been inconsistent for the last three years and his family’s debts are at