London [United Kingdom], Apr. 27 (NT): Ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Friday asserted that to cast vote his democratic right adding that due to his legal battle before London's Westminster Magistrates Court in links with extradition case against him, he does not monitor politics strongly.

"It is my democratic right to vote in Karnataka but as you know I am here and cannot travel. I haven't been following the politics so closely so no opinion," liquor baron in an interview taken by ANI.

On a related note Karnataka will go to polls on May 12 to elect representatives to the 225-member state assembly while the results will be out on May 15.

In addition, commenting on his trial in the court he added that "It's another day; we will know in court what happened."

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 27 had seized the properties of liquor baron, under Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Section 83 of the Criminal Procedure Code mandates attachment of the property of an escapee.

At present Mallya is facing a trial in a UK Court, to rule if he can be extradited to India to face charges for financial irregularities involving a total amount of Rs 9,000 crores, as well as money laundering cases.