Assembly poll preparation : JD(s) hires helicopter & airplane to tour state

Assembly poll preparation : JD(s) hires helicopter & airplane to tour state

Bengaluru : With Karnataka state Assembly elections less than a year away, political parties are already preparing to fire all guns in order to win the maximum of seats. And JD(S), led by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda as the national president and his son H D Kumaraswamy as its state president, the regional party is initiating its preparations in style, apparently by renting a helicoptor and a plane to tour the state.

JD(S) has decided to hire a 14-seater airplane and a helicoptor so that Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy and other party leaders can tour the state ahead of the next elections.

As it is difficult to cover all the constituencies in the state by road, the helicopter will be used between 8 and 5 pm. However, as rainfall and weather conditions may hamper helicopter travel, a special airplane too has been be taken on contract. The aircraft have been hired for a period of one year, the report stated.