Top leaders file nominations for Karnataka assembly elections
Karnataka minister R Ashok, who is taking on state Congress president DK Shivakumar in Kanakapura, former deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi, who recently joined the Congress, and JD(S)’s YSV Dutta, who recently joined the party , among prominent leaders, filed nominations on Tuesday for the May 10 assembly elections. With only two days left to formally enter the fray, candidates from various political parties organized roadshows and accompanied by their supporters in large numbers, amid the beat of drums, waving party flags and raising slogans. Filed your form. Ashok, a prominent Vokkaliga face in the BJP, has been fielded against community strongman Shivakumar in his home constituency Kanakapura, as part of the ruling party’s strategy to give a tough fight to opposition leaders in their respective constituencies. Ashok filed his nomination at Kanakapura in the presence of BJP national general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh and minister in-charge of Ramanagara district CN Ashwath Narayan. He visited a temple and held a massive roadshow before filing papers before the election returning officer.