JD-S candidate files nomination for bypoll to RR Nagar seat

Janata Dal-Secular candidate V Krishnamurthy filed his nomination on Wednesday for by-poll to the Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) assembly constituency.

Janata Dal-Secular candidate V Krishnamurthy filed his nomination on Wednesday for by-poll to the Rajarajeshwari Nagar (RR Nagar) assembly constituency. Krishnamurthy was accompanied by party leader HD Kumaraswamy.

The bypoll has been necessitated after sitting MLA N Munirathna left Congress to join the BJP. Rajarajeshwari Nagar along with Sira in Tumakuru district will go for by-polls on November 3, for which the election notification will be issued on October 9.

The Sira seat fell vacant following the death of JD-S MLA B Sathyanarayana on August 5. The Election Commission has said that the guidelines relating to COVID-19 are to be followed strictly during the by-polls. (ANI)