The BJP has deployed rope-a-dope fighting techniques in the temple town, perhaps wary of the loyalties of the major voting community in Udupi assembly constituency. After Congress fielded a Mogaveera (fisher community) candidate, the saffron party was quick to launch a counteroffensive by fielding Yashpal Suvarna, also a Mogaveera, who is also a hardline Hindutva proponent, pressing a double advantage, to nullify any benefit that the Congress may get.
