bengaluru few can beat politicians in finding new ways to woo voters during elections from doling out freebies to sending voters on tours aspirants keep innovating organising meetings with potential voters who have settled in bengaluru for a livelihood over a sumptuous meal and seeking their support is a new addition to the listmany sitting mlas from malnad and coastal districts have been organising sneha kootas meetings of friendsin bengaluru over the past few weeksread alsokarnataka assembly elections bjp looks to better strike rate congress to retain formbuoyed by the general trend in assembly elections especially in recently concluded polls in northeastern states karnataka bjp is upbeat of a successful outing in karnataka and is even confident of improving its overall strike rate compared to congresskarnataka polls lawyer actor make aaps first list of 80former congress spokesperson and supreme court lawyer brijesh kalappa features in aam aadmi partys aap first list of 80 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections aap has said it will field candidates in all 224 segmentsthese politicians include ct ravi haratalu halappa harish poonja umakant kotyan and former mla madhu bangarappa soraba legislator kumar bangarappa plans to hold one such meeting soon a source saidalso see karnataka election 2023 karnataka election result karnataka exit pollsin malnad and coastal districts people usually dont shift their votes even though they move to other places for work said a bjp functionary so it helps mlas and aspiring candidates to woo voters with such meetings a typical sneha koota hasaround 1500 to 2000 invitees the host the mla or ticket aspirant personally greets and interacts with every voter the meal either lunch or dinner is a lavish affair comprising a variety of 2025 vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishesfollowing these meetings supporters of the mla stay in touch with voters and ensure they cast their votessome even arrange transport for peoplethe purpose of these meetings is to make voters feel privileged and get them to vote said venkatesh name changed a volunteer for a meeting organised by halappa recently in cities like bengaluru people usually vie for recognition when an mla personally invitesthem to such meetings and treats them with respect they feel happy chances are high that they will vote for their host in the election however madhu bangarappa kumars sibling also hosted a luncheon at his house but insisted it was mere routine and that there was no political agenda attached it is not that i invited people from soraba with elections in mind people from soraba come to my house all through the year it has been a practice from my fathers s bangarappa time madhu said