Bengaluru, June 13 -- Karnataka's trademark "resort politics" has made a dramatic comeback ahead of the June 18 Legislative Council elections, as the ruling Congress shifted its legislators to a private resort amid fears of cross-voting in a fiercely contested battle for the crucial seventh seat.
The move has transformed what should have been a routine Upper House election into a political thriller, with Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar finding himself at the centre of a strategy he has often employed during previous political crises in Karnataka.
With the Congress and the JD(S)-BJP combine locked in a tight contest for the final seat, party managers have gone into overdrive to ensure that legislators remain united and inaccessible to riva...