Daijiworld Media Network – Mandya (AM)
Mandya, Mar 20: Sumalatha Ambareesh, filed her nomination papers as an independent candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday, March 20.
Sumalatha, wife of late Congress leader M H Ambareesh, held a road show till DC's office where she filed her nomination. Many Sandalwood stars including Darshan, Yash, Doddanna and producer Rockline Venkatesh accompanied Sumalatha. Late Ambareesh's fans held a bike rally in Mandya ahead of Sumalatha's nomination.
Earlier, in a press conference attended by Sandalwood actors and producers, Sumalatha Ambareesh had announced that she would contest as independent candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.
Chief Minister HD Kumawaswamy's son, Nikhil Kumawaswamy's candidacy from Mandya has disgruntled the Congress party workers and former JDS leaders. Under the seat-sharing pact between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress, the Mandya constituency has gone to the JD(S) and the Congress party had declined to support Sumalatha's candidacy for Mandya.