In a blow to Congress and The Karnataka CM, a field report by ANI revealed how locals in Mangalore blamed the polarization on Congress and not BJP:

Neither BJP nor Congress can do good for Muslims here, we want change, we want a third option. Everything is good between Hindus and Muslims here and we don't want a party that negatively affects this to come to power: Local from Mangalore #KarnatakaElection2018 pic.twitter.com/lp4zLE7qdG

— ANI (@ANI) April 28, 2018

All that Siddaramaiah has done is create divide between Hindus and Muslim here. There are many problems here, including scarcity of drinking water problems : Fazal, Local from Mangalore #KarnatakaElection2018 pic.twitter.com/N7aRljfiDa

— ANI (@ANI) April 28, 2018