Mandya (Karnataka), Hindutva organizations in the district headquarters town offered special prayers to 'Bharat Mata' as NDA candidate HD Kumaraswamy is leading in the Lok Sabha constituency in early trends.

They placed cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah next to 'Bharat Mata' and prayed for their success in the elections.

JD(S)'s number two leader and former chief minister Kumaraswamy is the NDA candidate in Mandya.

He is leading in the initial trends.

As part of the seat-sharing arrangement in Karnataka, the BJP contested in 25 constituencies and the JD(S) contested in three constituencies, giving a total of 28 segments.