Karnataka election 2018: Can Modi wrest RSS' core territory from Congress?

Coastal Karnataka is an RSS stronghold which the Congress invaded with impunity in 2013

Undoubtedly, it is one of the most beautiful regions in the country. Whichever way you chose to traverse its landscape – hopping on passenger trains at one of those quaint little railway stations, driving through narrow roads winding through paddy fields, coconut groves gliding over pellucid streams, or hiking through inviting rain forests to catch a glimpse of the calm Arabian sea glistening in the sun – coastal Karnataka is a delight for the senses. This is also core Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) territory in the state. The region borders Kerala and the border is where the RSS ideology faces