Congress nominee Limbikai files nomination after procession, student leader Kanthakumar too in fray

Congress nominee for the election to the Karnataka West Graduates’ Constituency, Mohan Limbikai, arriving in a procession accompanied by Ministers Laxman Savadi and Santosh Lad to file his nomination papers in Dharwad on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

On the penultimate day of filing nomination papers for the election to the Karnataka West Graduates’ Constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Council, five candidates, including Congress nominee Mohan Limbikai and students’ leader Kanthakumar, filed their nomination papers on Monday. With one more day to go before the deadline ends, there are now eight candidates who have entered the fray.

Those who filed their nominations on Monday were Congress candidate Mohan Limbikai, independents Basavaraj Kotagi and Jishan Shirsangi, Karnataka Rashtra Samithi candidate Nishanth Bankapur, and All-Karnataka Students’ Association president Kanthakumar, who is contesting as an independent candidate.

Returning Officer and Belagavi Regional Commissioner K.M. Janaki said that eight candidates had filed 14 sets of nomination papers.