Mangaluru: U T Khader, Mohiuddin Bava, J R Lobo file nomination papers

Mangaluru, Apr 23: The Congress candidates of all three constituencies of Mangaluru city filed their nomination papers for they May 12 Karnataka assembly polls on Monday.

Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, who represents Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) constituency, filed his nomination papers at the office of assistant commissioner in the city.

The three-time MLA held a workers meeting at Thokottu junction after taking out a mini-padayatra from Gatti Samaja Bhavan to Thokkottu before proceeding to the city to file his nomination around noon.

B A Mohiuddin Bava, the MLA from Mangaluru City North, chose a novel way to grab the attention of the people before filing nominations. He rode bicycle till the MCC office where he handed over the papers to the returning officer.

Speaking to media persons, Mr Bava said that he left no stone unturned for the development of his constituency in last five years as MLA.

“People of constituency have not only made me an MLA five years ago, but also supported me all these five years,” he said, adding that he is confident of becoming two-time MLA.

Prior to that, Bava visited Sacred Heart Church, Suratkal, and also the Shree Guru Amba Mahamaya Temple and Juma Masjid mosque at Hosabettu. He also held a meeting with party workers earlier in the day.

J R Lobo, MLA of Mangaluru City South, too filed his nomination papers at the MCC office at Lalbagh. He will started with a procession from near the Sri Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple, an hour earlier.

Incidentally, former KPCC chief B Janardhan Poojary is the architect of this temple that serves as the epicentre of Mangaluru Dasara and Lobo recently had sought blessings from the party senior at his house in Bantwal. The caste connotations of commencing of the procession from the Kshetra is too hard to be missed.