Prof Ki Ram Nagaraj, writer and former head of the Kannada department at Bangalore University (centre)

Sick of the gudiya-budiya row, Bangalore's intelligentsia support the poll panel's decision to curb politicians' foul talk

The Election Commission's dictat against personal insults during poll campaigning has found support among Bangalore's intelligentsia.

Following the gudiya-budiya slanging match between Narendra Modi (BJP) and Priyanka Gandhi (Congress), the commission advised politicians to mind their language.

Would that curb free speech and render our elections colourless, or make our politicians more responsible? MiD DAY asked around, and this is what prominent citizens said.

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