Daijiworld Media Network – Yadgir (MS)

Yadgir, Apr 21: Candidates of various political parties have filed their nominations for the upcoming Karnataka state assembly elections which are due to be held on May 10.

A candidate, who is contesting independently has attracted the attention by paying the deposit money of Rs 10,000 in one rupee coins that were collected by begging.

Yenkappa, a resident of Ramasamudra village of Yadgir, is the person who is  contesting as an independent candidate. He filed his nomination with the election officer at the office of tahsildar at Yadgir.

Yenkappa is contesting the elections by depositing the money that was collected by begging. He asked for only one rupee coins with the public. He took a rathyatra in the name of equality throughout Yadgir legislative constituency and collected the deposit amount.

Yenkappa collected the deposit amount over a period of one year by visiting 118 villages. He asked people to give him one rupee coin and promised them that he will give them freedom from poverty in return.

The money tendered in the form of change was a challenge for the election officer to count as Rs 10,000 was given in the form of one rupee coins. It took two hours for the election staff to count the coins.