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Kumaraswamy, Revanna file papers

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214 candidates submit nomination papers on Monday for first phase of polls

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Prelude to THE campaign: The former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy filing his nomination papers for the Assembly elections in Ramanagara on Monday.

BANGALORE: The former Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and the former Ministers H.D. Revanna, N. Cheluvarayaswamy and V. Somanna were among the prominent leaders who filed their nomination papers for the first phase of the Assembly elections to be held on May 10.

Mr. Kumaraswamy filed his papers from Ramanagara constituency and his elder brother, H.D. Revanna, from Holenarsipur constituency in Hassan district. Mr. Cheluvarayaswamy filed his nomination from Nagamangala segment. All are Janata Dal (Secular) nominees.

Mr. Somanna of the Congress filed his papers from Govindrajnagar constituency in Bangalore. Bharatiya Janata Party nominee B.N. Bachche Gowda filed his papers from Hoskote constituency. He recently quit the JD(S) and joined the BJP.

As many as 214 candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday, taking the total to 313. Fifty-two candidates filed papers on Monday in Bangalore alone, officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Office said.

Chief Electoral Officer M.N. Vidyashankar told journalists that Returning Officers and the police had filed 17 more criminal cases in various constituencies for violation of the model code of conduct. The total number of criminal cases against various party candidates and workers had reached 500, he said. The police seized illegally stored election material in Chitradurga, Bellary and Tumkur districts.

Asked about cases registered against party leaders, he said the Election Commission had issued notice to the former Minister and Congress leader Srinivas Gowda for delivering an election speech at a temple, which came under the Muzrai Department, in a village in Kolar district. The commission had ordered an inquiry against the former IPS officer K.C. Ramamurthy for allegedly distributing rice to voters, Mr. Vidyashankar said.

The CEO soliciting of votes by SMS had also been included in the election expenditure. Such messages would have to stop 48 hours before polling, he said.

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