Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 1: On the last day for filing of nominations for the city corporation election here, a total of 234 nominations were filed for 60 wards.
66 nominations were filed on behalf of the Congress, while JD(S) accounted for 14.
94 nominations were received on behalf of the BJP, CPI - 1, CPM - 8, SDPI - 10, Karnataka Rashtra Samiti - 3, and independents - 35.
Scrutiny of nominations will be undertaken on November 2, and November 4 will be the last date for the withdrawal.
On Thursday morning, Congress declared names of its two candidates - Mallikarjun from Derebail north (SC reserve) and Dinesh Rao - Mangaladevi (general) wards. The party had found it hard to finalize names of nominees in these two wards because of tussle between strong candidates. The party has finalized the name of Vishalakshi for Pachanadi as former city mayor, Kavitha Sanil, refused to enter the fray from here.
BJP had announced 35 names in its first list and 18 in the second. On Wednesday night, it announced last seven candidates. Suraiya from Katipalla north, Nayana Kotian from Idya West, Sangeeta R Nayak from Pachchanadi, Jessel Viola D'Souza from Bendur general, Asha D'Silva from Falnir (general - woman), Chandravathi Vishwanath from Kannur, and Bhanumathi P S from Bolar were announced by the party.
Asha D'Silva, who was a Congress corporator, said that she had sincerely worked for five years. As she was denied ticket at the last minute, she said she has chosen to enter the fray as a BJP candidate. As Valencia ward which she represented in the past had already been distributed by the BJP, she is being fielded from Falnir ward.
Former city mayor, Gulzar Banu, who was denied a ticket, has filed nomination as an independent candidate.