Karnataka CM files Nomination ahead of Assembly polls

Bengaluru, Apr 21: The Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and state JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy have filed their nominations for the May 12 state assembly polls. The chief minister's son Yatindra, set to make his electoral debut from Varuna, represented by his father since 2008; and sitting JD(S) MLA G T Deve Gowda, who will take on Siddaramaiah in Chamundeshwari, are the others who filed their papers. Claiming that he is a "better Hindu than Amit Shah", Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dared the BJP president to prove "with documents" that he is not a Jain. At an interaction organised at Mysore District Journalists Association, Siddaramaiah asked Shah to come out with documents to substantiate his claims that he is a Hindu Vaishnav. Referring to Shah's frequent remarks dubbing him 'Ahindu' (anti-Hindu), the Chief Minister said, "I am a better Hindu than Shah. I believe in humanity and humanitarian values. They are inhumane people who politicise even deaths".