‘What all’ did he do to win the votes in the Lok Sabha elections. Yet, when the counting ended, the results were telling: He got not more than 1,514 votes.
Having earned some reputation as a pro-Kannada activist, Vatal Nagaraj might have anticipated a defeat, but not in so dismal a fashion.
Independents and lesser-known candidates such as C Madesh (2939 votes), DJ Muralidhara (3480 votes) and Ravi Kumara (3424 votes) fared much better.
Attempts to contact Vatal Nagaraj went in vain as he was ‘out of coverage area’.
Published 16 May 2009, 18:10 IST