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".