As the BJP candidate for Mangaluru City South constituency and incumbent MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath set out for the door-to-door campaign from his house at Mannagudda on Thursday, May 4, it was past 9 a.m. When he reached Thimpai colony in Shakthinagar by 9.30 a.m., an 88-year-old Gopal Shenoy Kodange, a senior BJP worker greeted him on behalf of the party workers by presenting him a torch ginger flower and a saffron shawl. After offering prayers at Sri Krishna Bhajana Mandir on Shakthinagar Main Road, Mr. Kamath, who is facing the election for the second time, walked on the colony visiting houses.