Bengaluru: Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls 2018, BJP chief Amit Shah is visiting parts of the old Mysuru region. Here the saffron party had not won a single seat in the previous election.

 As part of his "Karunada Jagruti Yatre" BJP President Amit Shah visited Suttur Math in Mysore & met Math head Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji. During this meet Ananth Kumar & BS Yeddyurappa were also present.

Shah will take election-tour in Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Mandya and Ramanagara districts on March 30 and 31. Out of the total 26 seats in the four districts, considered as the Vokkaliga Poll-battle ground, BJP did not win even a single seat during the 2013 Assembly elections. Moreover, the region is the home neighbourhood of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who hails from Mysuru.

Former Chief Minister and state JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy and senior minister D K Shivakumar enjoy considerable authority in the region. Radically, Shah's visit includes meeting with the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru, triggering rumours about their supporting or joining the BJP. However, scion of royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has crushed political entry and said he got to know about Shah's meeting with the family through the media. "I have got this information only through the press. I can't say anything about it," he said reporters in Mysuru when quizzed about the meeting with Shah.