Bangalore (PTI): After days of gruelling electioneering in poll-bound Karnataka, it is time for a day's relaxation for some top political leaders ahead of the first phase of polling on Saturday.

As the clock struck 5 pm on Thursday, top leaders who were on a campaign trail, returned home and decided to rest for a day on Friday, before resuming their hectic schedule for the second and third phase being held on May 16 and May 22 respectively.

Congress Poll Management and Coordination Committee Chairman S M Krishna, who campaigned in 11 districts where 89 assembly constituencies face election in the first phase, chose to relax on Friday and leave for Maddur, his home town to cast his ballot on Saturday.

Krishna has had a hectic schedule in the last three weeks holding road shows in all the constituencies in Bangalore Urban, Rural districts, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Hassan.

Former Chief minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy who is constesting from the Ramanagara segment, is also resting.

Kumaraswamy went through a tightly packed schedule as his party depended on him and his father Gowda for electioneering in the absence of top leaders, who had deserted the party.

Interestingly, none of the top leaders from the Congress and BJP visited Ramanagara constituency to canvass against Kumaraswamy.