How can such a reputed website like rediff.com publish an article without checking mistakes. H.D.Deve Gowda is president of Janata Dal(Secular), not Janata Dal(United) as written in this article.
Also this year the monsoon is pretty good in Karnataka and people are happy about this. Rural areas in Karnataka is by far better than Bangalore. You can make it out while you are travelling from Bangalore to Mysore. Once you leave Bangalore you will see plush green Mandya district which i think is more leveable than Bangalore.