Several top leaders on Monday filed their nomination papers for elections to 14 constituencies in Karnataka that will be held on May 7. They include Geetha Shivarajkumar (Congress) from Shivamogga, Mrinal Hebbalakar (Congress) and Jagadish Shettar (BJP) from Belagavi, Pralhad Joshi (BJP) from Dharwad, and Basavaraj Bommai (BJP) from Haveri, who went in grand processions with supporters to file their papers.
Geetha Shivarajkumar, who filed her nomination papers at Shivamogga, declared that she possesses properties and valuables worth ₹40.04 crore. Her husband and cine actor Shivarajkumar owns properties worth over ₹49 crore. Ms. Geetha Shivarajkumar had earlier contested as JD(S) candidate for the Shivamogga seat in 2014. Then, she declared that she owned assets worth ₹6.17 crore. Her husband then possessed assets worth over ₹11.5 crore.
Interestingly, at Belagavi, the assets of Congress candidate Mrinal Hebbalkar (son of Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar) and his political opponent Jagadish Shettar are nearly equal. The total asset value of Mr. Hebbalkar is around ₹13.6 crore and that of Mr. Shettar is around ₹13.8 crore. Dr. Hita Mrinal has total assets of around ₹23 lakh. Mr. Shettar’s wife Shilpa has total assets of ₹91 lakh.
