Belagavi corpn. polls will see a departure from the past

The big parties, probably, for the first time, will enter the fray openly and fight it on party affiliations rather than language-based campaigns

After decades of language-based campaigns, the Belagavi City Corporation may be heading for an election that would be fought on party affiliations. Polling is on September 3 and counting of votes on September 6. The poll notification was issued on Monday. Leaders of all the three major parties held meetings on Belagavi on Monday, about the polls. This is probably the first time in decades that the Congress, the BJP and the Janata Dal(S) plan to field their candidates in the urban local body elections, say political observers.