Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa, his senior colleague K S Eshwarappa and prominent Congress leader D K Shivakumar were among those who filed nominations today for the May 12 assembly polls in the state.
Yeddyurappa, projected as the party's chief ministerial candidate, filed the papers from his traditional Shikaripura constituency in Shivamogga district in the presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Union ministers Ananth Kumar and Ramesh Jigajinagi.
Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said a total of 155 nominations were filed in two days since the process began on April 17.
Yesterday was a public holiday on account of 'Basava Jayanti.' " " "
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