Kaup: The battle for Kaup among the many aspirants had put the party in doldrums, hence delaying the announcement to the eleventh hour. Wednesday April 17 being the last date for filing nominations, the party has no time to lose. Sorake’s main opponent Lalaji R Mendon from BJP has already filed his nomination.
There were as many as 15 ticket aspirants from Kaup south and north, all of whom had been pushing hard to lay their hands on the ticket. Some of them even visited New Delhi in this connection, sources had said. The names of Vasanth V Salian and social worker Suresh P Shetty had been considered in a recent meeting in New Delhi, while Sarasu Bangera’s name under womens’ quota and Gafoor under minority quota had also emerged as possible candidates, sources said.
However, upset & angry senior politician and former Minister Vasanth V Salian, resigned from Congress and after meeting with JDS supremo Kumaraswamy decided to enter the election arena as official JDS Candidate.
Furious Salian blasted Sorake for blackmailing and spoiling his candidature and owed that he will do everything to defeat him at any cost.
