<p class="title">Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil filed nomination papers for Kothrud Assembly constituency here on Thursday amid a show of strength.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patil garlanded a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and then left for filing nomination papers with a huge motorbike rally.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has replaced sitting BJP MLA Medha Kulkarni as the party's candidate in this Brahmin-dominated constituency, leading to angry reactions by local workers and also one Brahmin organisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pune MP Girish Bapat and Kulkarni accompanied Patil as he filed his papers on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am sure the people of Kothrud will support my candidature," Patil tweeted after filing his papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kulkarni was reportedly disappointed after she was denied ticket to accommodate Patil. Posters had come up in the area demanding that a local candidate be given the ticket and not an "outsider".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra on October 21. </p>
<p class="title">Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil filed nomination papers for Kothrud Assembly constituency here on Thursday amid a show of strength.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Patil garlanded a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and then left for filing nomination papers with a huge motorbike rally.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He has replaced sitting BJP MLA Medha Kulkarni as the party's candidate in this Brahmin-dominated constituency, leading to angry reactions by local workers and also one Brahmin organisation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pune MP Girish Bapat and Kulkarni accompanied Patil as he filed his papers on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am sure the people of Kothrud will support my candidature," Patil tweeted after filing his papers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kulkarni was reportedly disappointed after she was denied ticket to accommodate Patil. Posters had come up in the area demanding that a local candidate be given the ticket and not an "outsider".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Assembly elections will be held in Maharashtra on October 21. </p>