<p>There was a lull in electioneering for the Lok Sabha polls in the State on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Most candidates, barring those from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), took a break from hectic roadshows to celebrate Ugadi in their home towns.<br /><br />Campaigning is expected to go full steam from Wednesday till April 15, the last day of the hustings. While sporadic poll meetings were held in parts of the State, a majority of the candidates in Bangalore confined themselves to visiting influential leaders in their constituencies.<br /><br />BJP’s H N Ananth Kumar visited Mangalore and D V Sadananda Gowda flew to Delhi to meet his party’s national leaders. Their Bangalore Central candidate P C Mohan went about meeting people at a local park.<br /><br />With most party workers away in their home towns celebrating Ugadi, campaigning came to a virtual halt on Tuesday. “We are starting our campaign from Wednesday in Gandhi Nagar,” said the Bangalore Central MP’s secretary.<br /><br />While Bangalore Central Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad visited a school for blind, the Bangalore North aspirant C Narayanaswamy held meetings with community leaders.<br /><br />Janata Dal (Secular) candidates Nandini Alva and Abdul Azeem took time off to meet their party leaders. “I decided to meet a few top leaders in the Bangalore North constituency and prepare for campaigning on Wednesday,” said Azeem, who is scheduled to hold a public meeting in Sunkadakatte with H D Deve Gowda as the star campaigner.<br /><br />Alva is also scheduled to start her campaign with her son-in-law Vivek Oberoi either on Thursday or Friday. In Kolar, JD(S) candidate K Kesava visited villages and his Congress counterpart K H Muniyappa will begin campaigning on April 4.</p>
<p>There was a lull in electioneering for the Lok Sabha polls in the State on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Most candidates, barring those from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), took a break from hectic roadshows to celebrate Ugadi in their home towns.<br /><br />Campaigning is expected to go full steam from Wednesday till April 15, the last day of the hustings. While sporadic poll meetings were held in parts of the State, a majority of the candidates in Bangalore confined themselves to visiting influential leaders in their constituencies.<br /><br />BJP’s H N Ananth Kumar visited Mangalore and D V Sadananda Gowda flew to Delhi to meet his party’s national leaders. Their Bangalore Central candidate P C Mohan went about meeting people at a local park.<br /><br />With most party workers away in their home towns celebrating Ugadi, campaigning came to a virtual halt on Tuesday. “We are starting our campaign from Wednesday in Gandhi Nagar,” said the Bangalore Central MP’s secretary.<br /><br />While Bangalore Central Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad visited a school for blind, the Bangalore North aspirant C Narayanaswamy held meetings with community leaders.<br /><br />Janata Dal (Secular) candidates Nandini Alva and Abdul Azeem took time off to meet their party leaders. “I decided to meet a few top leaders in the Bangalore North constituency and prepare for campaigning on Wednesday,” said Azeem, who is scheduled to hold a public meeting in Sunkadakatte with H D Deve Gowda as the star campaigner.<br /><br />Alva is also scheduled to start her campaign with her son-in-law Vivek Oberoi either on Thursday or Friday. In Kolar, JD(S) candidate K Kesava visited villages and his Congress counterpart K H Muniyappa will begin campaigning on April 4.</p>
