Congress candidate Sunil Bose and BJP candidate S. Balaraju filed their respective nomination papers for Chamarajanagar (reserved) Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday.
While Mr. Bose, son of Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa, was accompanied by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Home Minister G. Parameshwar among others while submitting the nomination papers to Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Shilpa Nag, who is also the Election Officer, Mr. Balaraju was accompanied by BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra, former Ministers G.T. Deve Gowda and N .Mahesh, besides former Gundlupet MLA Niranjan Kumar at the time of submitting the nomination papers.