Tharoor files nomination papers

Seeks second term as Thiruvananthapuram MP

March 19, 2014 01:16 pm | Updated May 19, 2016 09:48 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

UDF candidate Shashi Tharoor submits his nomination papers for theThiruvananthapuram parliamentary seat to District Collector Biju Prabhakaron Tuesday. Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar is to his right. Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar

UDF candidate Shashi Tharoor submits his nomination papers for theThiruvananthapuram parliamentary seat to District Collector Biju Prabhakaron Tuesday. Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar is to his right. Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar

Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday filed his nomination papers marking his entry into electoral politics for the second term from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Tharoor filed his nomination before District Collector Biju Prabhakar, who is also the District Election Officer, around 12 noon.

A diplomat-turned-politician, Mr. Tharoor made his maiden electoral debut in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency which he won by defeating his nearest rival P. Ramachandran Nair of the Communist Party of India (CPI) by around 1 lakh votes.

Mr. Tharoor is pitted against CPI’s Bennet Abraham, who is the director of the Dr. Somervell Memorial Medical College at Karakkonam, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate O. Rajagopal, a former Union Minister, in the 2014 polls.

Minister for Health V.S. Sivakumar; A.T. George, MLA; Thampanoor Ravi, general secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC); and K. Mohan Kumar, president of the District Congress Committee; were present when Mr. Tharoor filed his nomination papers.

Kerala Socialist Party nominee Kunnukuzhi S. Mani also filed his nominations papers for Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.