<p class="rtejustify">Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy, Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Housing Minister M Krishnappa, KPCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao and senior BJP leaders S Suresh Kumar and V Somanna were among 71 candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Assembly seats in Bengaluru on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Ramalinga Reddy filed his papers as Congress nominee from BTM Layout and Byre Gowda from Byatarayanapura. MLA Suresh Kumar and former mayor G Padmavati (Congress) filed their nominations for Rajajinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A new entrant to Congress, B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan filed his papers from Chamarajpet. Uday Garudachar (BJP) from Chickpet, N S Nandish Reddy (BJP) from KR Puram, MLA K Gopalaiah (JDS) and N L Narendra Babu (BJP) from Mahalakshmi Layout and R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy (Congress) from Pulakeshinagar were some of the candidates who submitted their nominations.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sitting MLA Munirathna (Congress) and G H Ramachandra from the JD(S) filed the papers for the Rajarajeshwari Nagar segment. BJP leader Katta Subramanya Naidu filed papers for Shivajinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayor R Sampath Raj also entered the fray as Congress nominee from CV Raman Nagar (SC).</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In Govindarajnagar, legislators Somanna (BJP) and Priyakrishna (Congress) filed their papers. From Vijayanagar, Housing Minister M Krishnappa (Congress) and H Ravindra (BJP) filed their nominations.<br />In Basavanagudi, sitting legislator L A Ravi Subramanya (BJP), L Boregowda (Congress) and K Bagegowda (JD-S) filed their papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">MLAs Satish Reddy (BJP, Bommanahalli), S T Somashekhar (Congress, Yeshwantpur), S Muniraju (BJP, Dasarahalli), Aravind Limbavbali (BJP, Mahadevapura) and M Krishnappa (BJP, Bengaluru South) also filed their nominations.</p>
<p class="rtejustify">Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy, Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Housing Minister M Krishnappa, KPCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao and senior BJP leaders S Suresh Kumar and V Somanna were among 71 candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Assembly seats in Bengaluru on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Ramalinga Reddy filed his papers as Congress nominee from BTM Layout and Byre Gowda from Byatarayanapura. MLA Suresh Kumar and former mayor G Padmavati (Congress) filed their nominations for Rajajinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A new entrant to Congress, B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan filed his papers from Chamarajpet. Uday Garudachar (BJP) from Chickpet, N S Nandish Reddy (BJP) from KR Puram, MLA K Gopalaiah (JDS) and N L Narendra Babu (BJP) from Mahalakshmi Layout and R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy (Congress) from Pulakeshinagar were some of the candidates who submitted their nominations.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Sitting MLA Munirathna (Congress) and G H Ramachandra from the JD(S) filed the papers for the Rajarajeshwari Nagar segment. BJP leader Katta Subramanya Naidu filed papers for Shivajinagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Mayor R Sampath Raj also entered the fray as Congress nominee from CV Raman Nagar (SC).</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">In Govindarajnagar, legislators Somanna (BJP) and Priyakrishna (Congress) filed their papers. From Vijayanagar, Housing Minister M Krishnappa (Congress) and H Ravindra (BJP) filed their nominations.<br />In Basavanagudi, sitting legislator L A Ravi Subramanya (BJP), L Boregowda (Congress) and K Bagegowda (JD-S) filed their papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">MLAs Satish Reddy (BJP, Bommanahalli), S T Somashekhar (Congress, Yeshwantpur), S Muniraju (BJP, Dasarahalli), Aravind Limbavbali (BJP, Mahadevapura) and M Krishnappa (BJP, Bengaluru South) also filed their nominations.</p>
