<p>Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday filed his nomination for the upcoming bypoll for one vacant Legislative Council seat scheduled to be held on February 17. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The last date to file nominations is February 6 and the last date to withdraw them is February 10. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Savadi will be elected unopposed if the Opposition Congress and the JD(S) do not field candidates. He lost the 2018 Assembly polls from Athani and is currently not a member of either the Assembly or Council. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The Feb 17 bypoll is to fill up the vacancy created by Congress’ Rizwan Arshad’s entry into the Assembly after he got elected as Shivajinagar MLA.</p>
<p>Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi on Wednesday filed his nomination for the upcoming bypoll for one vacant Legislative Council seat scheduled to be held on February 17. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The last date to file nominations is February 6 and the last date to withdraw them is February 10. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Savadi will be elected unopposed if the Opposition Congress and the JD(S) do not field candidates. He lost the 2018 Assembly polls from Athani and is currently not a member of either the Assembly or Council. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The Feb 17 bypoll is to fill up the vacancy created by Congress’ Rizwan Arshad’s entry into the Assembly after he got elected as Shivajinagar MLA.</p>
