Catching them young
The State Legislative Assembly is scheduled to go for elections in April-May 2023. Many ticket aspirants and MLAs seeking re-election are already busy, engaging themselves with voters. A couple of leaders, hoping to get a chance to contest as candidates of major political parties, are visiting villages and interacting with people.
Hassan MLA Preetham J. Gowda of BJP recently felicitated nearly 4,000 students who cleared SSLC with a high score. Besides a memento and a bag, each student received a cash prize. Those students who scored above 85% received ₹5,000 and those securing less received ₹3,000 each. The total cash component alone crossed ₹1.6 crore.