Former chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti, who has won for a record seven times in the Council elections, announced on Sunday that he would be filing his nomination papers as the official candidate of the BJP on May 26.
Speaking to presspersons after inaugurating the BJP poll office in Dharwad on Sunday, Mr. Horatti, who quit the Janata Dal(Secular) to join BJP recently, said that there was no confusion as to who would be the official candidate of the BJP in the election for the Karnataka West Teachers constituency of the Legislative Council.
“I am the official candidate and will file my nomination papers on May 26,” he declared.
