Former Minister and BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa has said he will be filing nomination papers for Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat as an Independent candidate on April 12.
He announced the date of filing nomination papers in a meeting with workers from Shivamogga and Shivamogga Rural Assembly constituencies on Tuesday.
“I will be filing the papers after taking out a procession of at least 25,000 workers from the constituency. I am announcing the date to make it clear that I will contest come what may. I will not change my decision,” he said.