The prestigious battle of Channapatna has turned out to be 'Kurukshetra' of sorts, with the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Nikhil trying his luck for the third time in electoral politics after being defeated twice in the past.
Nikhil lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Mandya and in the 2023 Assembly election from Ramanagara. This time he has a direct fight as an NDA candidate against the Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara.
The reference to the battlefield of 'Kurukshetra' from the epic 'Mahabharata' is drawn in the Channapatna bypoll for the reason that Nikhil had played the role of 'Abhimanyu' in the Kannada period movie 'Kurukshetra'.
As the story goes, Abhimanyu, the son of legendary archer Arjuna, makes the supreme sacrifice in the battle, much to the delight of his opponents 'Kauravas'.
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