Key Points
Lakhs of supporters lined along both sides of the road as Narendra Modi passed down in a vehicle covered with marigold flowers the two roadshows through Bengaluru marked the culmination of the Prime Ministers high-decibel campaign for the Karnataka Assembly elections, and occupied centrestage in the political landscape in the run-up to the polls...
However, as far as voting goes, the roadshows covering around 30 km and 22 constituencies of Bengaluru appear to have made little difference..
The average polling in the seats which are traditionally low voting and a BJP stronghold was 56%, which was 17% less than the state average of 73.19%...
In fact, Bommanahalli and CV Raman Nagar constituencies, covered by Modis roadshows on both May 6 and May 7, recorded the lowest turnouts in the state of 47% and 49%, respectively...
Of the constituencies covered by Modi roadshows, we are facing an uphill task in Rajaji Nagar and Basavangudi because of various reasons, and to some extent, in Govindaraj Nagar..
