The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election result seems to have rattled the ruling Congress in Karnataka. With by-elections around the corner and senior Congress leaders complaining that the party lags behind the Bharatiya Janata Party only in PR and marketing, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is using every opportunity to highlight the work done by his party in the state. He started off the presentation of this year’s state Budget with a blow-by-blow account of his government’s achievements over the entire span of four years before moving on to the announcement of new sops.