Deve Gowda and the dance show

NEW DELHI - This is hectic campaigning time for politicians, but that didn’t stop former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) president H.D. Deve Gowda from turning up for a dance performance.

He flew into Delhi from Karnataka after a gruelling election campaign to watch the debut Bharatanatyam dance show of Kampana Bittalli, the 14-year-old daughter of his personal assistant B.R. Chandrashekhar.

He spent over an hour at the auditorium as Kampana, a Class 9 student, performed various compositions to much applause from the audience.