More candidates, including Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and former Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac, filed their nomination papers on Saturday for the April 26 Lok Sabha election in Kerala.
In all, 20 nomination papers were filed on Saturday. Friday had been a holiday on account of Good Friday.
Mr. Muraleedharan, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in Attingal, submitted his papers before the Additional District Magistrate, Thiruvananthapuram, the Returning Officer for Attingal. Mr. Isaac, who is the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in Pathanamthitta, filed his papers before the Pathanamthitta Collector.