"Milk has become a boiling political issue in Karnataka ahead of the elections. Amul's potential entry is seen as a threat to the local brand Nandini. 

But what is the economics behind dairy politics? Host Mugdha Variyar travels through the milk belt of Karnataka in Mandya district to do a ground check on farmers' troubles, and to find out what the Amul-Nandini issue means for them.

Mugdha speaks to Anitha Ramlingegowda, director of the women's dairy cooperative in Sunnadadoddi in Mandya district, HK Putamma, women’s president of the Mandya District Bharatiya Kisan Sangha, H Sudhakar, general manager of Mandya Milk Union, and Madhu Chandan, founder of Organic Mandya, who is the Mandya candidate for the Sarvodaya Karnataka Party.

Credits: NDTV, Narendra Modi Youtube Channel, NewsFirst Kannada 1 and NewsFirst Kannada 2. "