BJP list

In an interesting development, two BJP nominees, Abhay Patil and Anil Benake, filed nominations even before the party announced the third list of candidates that contained their names, on Friday.

While the list was released on the party website at around 5 p.m., the duo had filed nominations before 3 p.m., the closing time for nominations.

There were two reasons for this: they had obtained the forms on Thursday and they wanted to file nominations on Friday, that they considered was auspicious.

The nominees claimed that they were confident of getting the ticket and had received the B-Forms in Bengaluru on Thursday itself.

Some party workers had protested against MP Suresh Angadi and other leaders in Tilakwadi on Thursday, for dropping Kiran Jadhav, who had fought the last elections on the party ticket.

In Khanapur, the party chose Maratha leader Vithal Halgekar, and not Babu Remani, son of former MLA and BJP leader Prahlad Remani, who died recently.

In Kittur, it chose young leader Mahantesh Doddagoudar in place of former MLA Suresh Marihal, who represented the party for two terms.