Two candidates file nomination papers for Lok Sabha polls in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi
The Hindu
Janata Dal (United) and Bahujan Samaj Party candidates file nominations for Lok Sabha constituencies in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru.
Janata Dal (United) candidate Supreeth Kumar Poojary and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate K.T. Radhakrishna filed their nomination papers for the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituencies respectively on the first day of nomination filing on Thursday, March 28.
The 46-year-old Mr. Poojary, a resident of Kavoor, filed the nomination papers before Returning Officer and District Electoral Officer M.P. Mullai Muhilan in Mangaluru. There were 10 proposers of Mr. Poojary’s name.
Similarly, 65-year-old Mr. Radhakrishna, a resident of Chikkamagaluru, filed his nomination papers before Returning Officer and District Electoral Officer K. Vidyakumari in Udupi.
Nomination papers of the BJP candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency Brijesh Chowta were also filed on Thursday. Former Mangaluru Urban Development Authority Chairman Ravishankar Mijar was mentioned as a proposer of Mr. Chowta’s candidature. BJP sources said Mr. Chowta’s nomination was informally filed on Thursday. Mr. Chowta will formally file his nomination papers on April 4.
There will be no filing of nomination on Friday, March 29, as it is a holiday on account of Good Friday.
April 4 is the last day to file nominations. They will be scrutinised on April 5 and April 8 is the last day to withdraw nominations. The elections for Dakshina Kannada and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituencies will be conducted on April 26.
Meanwhile, prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code have been invoked within 100 metres radius of the offices of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Deputy Commissioners from 6 a.m. of March 28 to 6 p.m. of April 8.
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