<p>As many as 122 candidates, including JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections in the State, on Tuesday. March 26 is the last day for filing nominations.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Former prime minister and JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda filed nomination papers for Hassan constituency. Gowda and his family members peformed pooja at various temples in Holenarasipur and Haradanahalli before filing the papers.<br /><br />Deve Gowda’s wife Channamma, son H D Revanna and grandson Prajwal Revanna accompanied him to the office of the district election officer.<br /><br />B Shivalingaiah, former chairperson of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and vice-president of Karnataka State Vokkaligara Sangha filed nomination papers as BJP candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.<br /><br />Meanwhile, A H Vishwanath, the sitting MP from Mysore submitted two more sets of papers as a Congress nominee. He had submitted two sets of nomination papers on March 22 also.<br /><br />K Chandrashekar of Democratic Prajakranti Party (Secularist) Thimmegowda of Sarva Janatha Party, Srinivas and Bhojanna N Somaiah (both Independents) also filed their nomination papers in Mysore. P C Gaddigoudar filed papers as BJP candidate in Bagalkot while B V Nayak is contesting on Congress ticket in Raichur.<br /><br />Addressing reporters, Ponnu Raj, Officer on Special Duty, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, said a total of 152 nomination papers were filed by 122 candidates on Tuesday. <br /><br />So far, 318 candidates have filed their nomination papers in the 28 parliamentary constituencies of the State. Abdul Azim from Bangalore North, Bandeppa Kashempur from Bidar, Mahima Patel from Davangere (all JD-S) are other prominent candidates who filed nomination papers on Tuesday. <br /><br />Ponnu Raj said special squad on election duty have seized about Rs 40 lakh in cash in various parts of the State in the last 24 hours. <br /><br />In Chikkaballapur, about 100 bottles of liquor and sarees worth about Rs 2.9 lakh were seized by the election authorities, he added. <br /><br />The OCEO, he said, will seek a report from the returning officer of Dharwad parlimentary constituency on reports that BJP candidate Pralhad Joshi distributed gifts to the mediapersons.</p>
<p>As many as 122 candidates, including JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections in the State, on Tuesday. March 26 is the last day for filing nominations.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Former prime minister and JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda filed nomination papers for Hassan constituency. Gowda and his family members peformed pooja at various temples in Holenarasipur and Haradanahalli before filing the papers.<br /><br />Deve Gowda’s wife Channamma, son H D Revanna and grandson Prajwal Revanna accompanied him to the office of the district election officer.<br /><br />B Shivalingaiah, former chairperson of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and vice-president of Karnataka State Vokkaligara Sangha filed nomination papers as BJP candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.<br /><br />Meanwhile, A H Vishwanath, the sitting MP from Mysore submitted two more sets of papers as a Congress nominee. He had submitted two sets of nomination papers on March 22 also.<br /><br />K Chandrashekar of Democratic Prajakranti Party (Secularist) Thimmegowda of Sarva Janatha Party, Srinivas and Bhojanna N Somaiah (both Independents) also filed their nomination papers in Mysore. P C Gaddigoudar filed papers as BJP candidate in Bagalkot while B V Nayak is contesting on Congress ticket in Raichur.<br /><br />Addressing reporters, Ponnu Raj, Officer on Special Duty, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, said a total of 152 nomination papers were filed by 122 candidates on Tuesday. <br /><br />So far, 318 candidates have filed their nomination papers in the 28 parliamentary constituencies of the State. Abdul Azim from Bangalore North, Bandeppa Kashempur from Bidar, Mahima Patel from Davangere (all JD-S) are other prominent candidates who filed nomination papers on Tuesday. <br /><br />Ponnu Raj said special squad on election duty have seized about Rs 40 lakh in cash in various parts of the State in the last 24 hours. <br /><br />In Chikkaballapur, about 100 bottles of liquor and sarees worth about Rs 2.9 lakh were seized by the election authorities, he added. <br /><br />The OCEO, he said, will seek a report from the returning officer of Dharwad parlimentary constituency on reports that BJP candidate Pralhad Joshi distributed gifts to the mediapersons.</p>
