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Raheem Khan gets BSP ticket

In the race: Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for Bidar Raheem Khan filing his nomination papers in Bidar on Saturday.

BIDAR: Raheem Khan filed his nomination papers as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for Bidar on Saturday after the Congress denied him ticket.

Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on May 5. Mr. Raheem Khan was the general secretary of the district unit of the Congress.

Earlier, the former BSP MLA Syed Zulfikar Hashmi was slated to contest from Bidar. Mr. Hashmi is not contesting the election, making way for Mr. Khan to fight against the former Minister Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli of the Congress.

Mr. Nagamarapalli submitted B Form of the party to returning officer L. Sonne Gowda.

Mr. Nagamarapalli was accompanied by former Bidar MLA Laiquddin and district unit president of the party V. K. Patil.

Zilla panchayat member from Bagdal Naseemoddin Patel filed his papers for Bidar South as a BSP candidate. He is the brother of State president of Janata Dal (Secular) Merajuddin Patel. Mr. Merajuddin Patel is contesting from Humnabad.

Rajashree, former zilla panchayat president, filed her papers as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate for Bidar.

Bidar MP Narsingrao Suryavanshi filed his papers as a Congress nominee for Aurad (reserved).

Including Mr. Suryavanshi, 15 candidates filed their nominations for Aurad. In Basavakalyan, the former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shantappa Patil filed his papers as a BSP candidate. Dayanand Basappa filed his papers from Shiv Sena and Yuvaraj Baliram filed papers as a candidate of Swarna Yuga. Tukaram Mallappa, Dilip Kumar, Angadhrao Jagatap, Arunkumar Shivajirao and Bhagirathi Shivraj filed their papers as independent candidates.

In Humnabad, 15 persons filed their nomination as independent candidates. In Bhalki, 11 persons filed their nomination papers.

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