Young woman law graduate vs 4-time BJP MP in Bagalkot fuels excitement over “people’s verdict”

The Lok Sabha campaign scene in Karnataka’s Bagalkot has spiced up with a 30-year-old woman law graduate from the grand old party taking on a BJP MP seeking a straight fifth term.

Samyukta Patil, daughter of Agricultural Produce and Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil in the Congress government, has crossed swords with 72-year-old P C Gaddigoudar who has been representing the constituency since 2004.

The only advice she said she got from her father is to stay grounded and work with the masses that she is representing in their best interest.