Bangalore: over 500 people including former CMs Kumaraswamy and B S Yeddyurappa, opposition leader Siddaramaiah, KPCC president G Parameshwar and speaker Bopayya submitted nomination papers here on Monday April 15 to contest the upcoming assembly elections.
It’s owing to the advices of astrologer that April 15 was the most auspicious day, majority of political leaders submitted their nomination papers.
B S Yeddyurappa – Shikaripura constituency, H D Kumaraswamy – Ramanagar constituency, Siddaramaiah – Varuna constituency, Parameshwar – Koratagere constituency, Sriramulu – Bellar rural constituency, Anand Singh – Vijayanagar constituency, Raju Gowda – Surapura constituency, Murugesh Nirani – Bilagi constituency, Revoo Nayak Belamagi – Gulbarga rural constituency, Umesh Katti – Hukkeri constituency, Appacchu Ranjan – Madikeri constituency, C T Ravi – Chikmagalur constituency, Balachandra Jarakiholi – Arabavi constituency, V Somanna – Vijayanagar constituency, former ministers D K Shiva Kumar, Shoba Karandlaje – Rajajinagar constituency, Zameer Ahmed – Chamarajapete constituency, Kagodu Timmappa – Sagar constituency, Shivana Gowda Nayak – Devaduga constituency, R V Deshpande – Haliyala constituency, Karunakara Reddy – Harapanahalli constituency, Basavaraj Raya Reddy – Yalaburga constituency, Kumara Bangarappa – Soraba constituency, Shivana Gowda Nayak – Kanakagiri constituency, JDS candidate Anita Kumaraswamy – Chennapattana, H D Revanna – Holenarasipura, cine actor Pooja Gandhi – Raichur town constituency, Congress candidate Dinesh Rao – Gandhi Nagar constituency, retired police officer B K Shivaram – Malleshwaram constituency, MLA Ashwat Narayan, Satish Reddy submitted their nomination papers. The candidates also offered puja at different temples on the occasion.