Kageri, Hebbar, Sorake, Muthalik file papers in coastal Karnataka
The Hindu
Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri (Sirsi), Labour Minister A. Shivarama Hebbar (Yellapur), former Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake from the Congress (Kaup), and Sriram Sene leader Pramod Muthalik (Karkala) were among the candidates who filed their nominations for the May 10 elections from the coastal Karnataka on April 18, Tuesday.
Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (Sirsi), Labour Minister A. Shivarama Hebbar (Yellapur), former Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake from the Congress (Kaup), and Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Muthalik (Karkala) were among the candidates who filed their nominations for the May 10 elections from the coastal Karnataka on April 18, Tuesday.
Others who filed the papers included BJP MLA Y. Bharat Shetty (Mangaluru City North), BJP MLA Umanath A. Kotian (Moodbidri), BJP MLA Sunil Naik (Bhatkal) and former Congress MLA Gopal Poojary (Baindoor).
In addition, novices Bhagirathi Murulya of the BJP (Sullia), G. Krishnappa of the Congress (Sullia) and Udayakumar Shetty (Karkala) filed their papers.
Mr. Kageri is facing the election from the BJP in Uttara Kannada for the seventh consecutive time. He had won thrice from the erstwhile Ankola Assembly constituency (1994, 1999 and 2004) and thrice from the present Sirsi constituency (2008, 2013 and 2018) in the same district.
Mr. Hebbar, who switched over from the Congress to the BJP, is facing the election from Yellapur in Uttara Kannada for the fifth time. He lost from the Congress in Yellapur in 2008. He won from the same constituency in 2013 and 2018. Mr. Hebbar joined the BJP and contested from it from the same constituency in 2019 by-election and won.
The BJP MLAs – Mr. Shetty, Mr. Kotian and Mr. Naik – are facing the election for the consecutive second time.
Mr. Sorake is in the fray for the sixth time. Earlier, he had won from the Congress from Puttur constituency in Dakshina Kannada twice in 1985 and in 1989. He had lost in Puttur in 1994 election. Later he contested from Kaup constituency in Udupi district and won. But he lost from Kaup in 2018 election.
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