On the final day of the nomination process in election-bound Karnataka, 35 candidates submitted their nominations for the eight Assembly constituencies in Dakshina Kannada district, according to officials.
Between 13 April to 20 April, 82 candidates submitted their nominations for the eight seats in the coastal district. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on Friday and candidates can withdraw their nominations till Monday. In all, 82 candidates have filed nominations for the eight constituencies in the coastal district from 13 April to 20 April. Voting will take place on May 10 and results would be declared on 13 May. Former Congress ministers B Ramanath Rai (Bantwal) and U T Khader (Mangauru), BJP’s nominee from Puttur Asha Thimmappa Gowda and B A Mohiuddin Bava (Mangaluru North), who quit the Congress and joined Janata Dal (S) were among the candidates who filed their nominations on the last day on Thursday. Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) candidate from Puttur, Ismail Shafi (Shafi Bellare), an accused in the murder of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettaru, also filed his nomination on the last day through his proposer and agent Abdul Rahman. Shafi, currently in jail, is one of the 20 accused listed in the chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a Bengaluru special court in January.
Others who filed their papers on the last day included Congress nominees J R Lobo (Mangaluru South), Inayat Ali (Mangaluru North) and BJP’s Satish Kumpala (Mangaluru).