Kannur, March 23 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate K Ranjith on Monday filed his nomination from the Dharmadam constituency in Kannur district for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.

The nomination papers were submitted before District Registrar Sachin Krishnan at the Thalassery Registrar's Office, marking the formal entry of the BJP-led NDA into a key electoral contest.

Dharmadam holds political significance as it is currently represented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, making the constituency one of the most closely watched electoral battlegrounds in the state.

In a parallel development, the BJP has fielded Adv S Smitha from the Varkala constituency. A former CPM area committee member, Smitha, recently resigned from t...