M Vijayakumar files nomination papers
He represented the constituency in 1970 as SSP candidate.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: LDF candidate M Vijayakumar on Monday submitted nominations papers for the June 27 Aruvikkara by poll.
The LDF candidate filed three sets of nomination papers before the returning officer Assistant Development Commissioner Johnson Premkumar. Earlier he paid floral tributes at the Martyrs Column Palayam and EMS statute and made a brief speech.
He called on the surviving representative of the erstwhile Aryanad constituency Somashekharan Nair at his house in Nedumangad. He represented the constituency in 1970 as SSP candidate.
From Kudapanakunnu market, leaders including CPM central committee E P Jayarajan, LDF district convenor Gangadharan Nadar and Mayor K Chandrika.
UDF candidate K S Sabarinathan and BJP leader O Rajagopal will file nomination papers on Wednesday.