Karnataka: A young independent candidate submitted a deposit of Rs 10,000 in one-rupee coins, which he collected from voters during poll-bound in Karnataka, to contest the assembly election. The deposit cost for each candidate in this year’s election is Rs 10,000. The officers spent two hours counting the money on the table inside the Yadgir office.
#WATCH | An independent candidate Yankappa paid his deposit money of Rs 10,000 entirely in one rupee coins while filing his nomination from Yadgir constituency of Karnataka. He collected the coins from people across the constituency, to contest the Karnataka elections on May 10. pic.twitter.com/OIfcLF223d
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2023
Yankappa, an independent candidate from the Yadgir constituency, arrived at the Tahsildar’s office on Tuesday with a flag around his neck. The billboard featured images of Basaveshwara, a 12th-century social reformer, Kanakadasa, a Karnataka saint-poet, Swami Vivekananda, Dr B R Ambedkar, and the Constitution’s preamble. The candidate said that he walked on foot through the constituency and collected the coins from voters.
“I will dedicate my life to the people of my community and villagers. I came to the returning officer with posters of Swami Vivekananda’s ideologies written on them,” says Yankappa pic.twitter.com/iHn0zEzqHu
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2023
Yankappa says, “I will dedicate my life to the people of my community and villagers. I came to the returning officer with posters of Swami Vivekananda’s ideologies written on them.”
Candidate Background
He has total assets of Rs 60,000 as an arts graduate from Gulbarga University in Kalaburagi district, while his father Devindrappa owns one acre and 16 guntas of land (40 guntas equal one acre).
