Schools and colleges have remained closed since Oct 10 and will reopen only on Oct 22, a day before voting
Bengaluru: With just eight days left for the Oct 23 elections to four legislative council seats, Dasara holidays have complicated campaigning in the two teachers’ constituencies, forcing candidates to rely on meetings outside campuses, phone calls and WhatsApp messages to reach voters.
Ranganath told TOI that reaching teachers at their homes had become difficult. Dasara holidays have made things difficult, but we are still making efforts to contact voters,” he said. Puttanna said the holidays had posed some challenges but would not significantly affect his campaign. Independent candidate Umesh Babu Pillegowda said with many teachers travelling, he and his team are contacting voters via phone calls and WhatsApp messages. He said he had spent the past year helping eligible teachers enrol in electoral rolls and hoped the effort would strengthen support for him.
The BJP-JD(S) combine Wednesday held a meeting at a kalyana mantapa in Anekal to canvass support for AP Ranganath, its Bengaluru Teachers’ constituency candidate. Congress had also organised meetings for incumbent MLC Puttanna. “If schools were functioning, it would be easy to visit them and seek support.