Maski bypoll: BJP candidate Pratapgouda Patil files nomination

Maski: BJP candidate for Maski constituency by-poll elections and former MLA Congress Pratapgouda Patil on Wednesday, March 24 filed his nomination paper.

Prathapgowda filed his nominations after offering prayers at Ankali mutt and Maski Gucchina Mutt.

Maski in Raichur has had no representation in the Assembly since former Congress MLA Pratapgouda Patil gravitated to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Bypolls to Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency and two Karnataka assembly constituencies — Basavakalyan and Maski ­—will be held on April 17 and counting will take place on May 2, the same day results of the elections in West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry will be declared.