It's not just "termed as Bus lobby impact", it is the reality. In KA, it's not just remote places which don't have direct connectivity, but many major stations lying on mainlines don't have good intra-state connectivity ( Also, density of railway lines in KA is much less than the northern states). Places like BAY, BJP, BGM, MAQ don't have good intra-state connectivity. Even if direct trains are available, they take long round-about routes even when direct shorter routes are available. In reference to the original post, SCR and SR had proposed rail connectivity to VSG several times in the past ( SCR operated the line till SWR's formation in 2003 and operated regular MG services to YPR and other places on MG) but were turned down by SWR. During MG days, there used to be a good number of services on this route, only a tiny fraction of that are...
more... running now. This is not just a matter of infrastructure ( the existing one is not being used to its full), but actual political interference is required to improve services on this route.