Puducherry, March 23 -- Puducherry BJP president VP Ramalingam on Monday filed his nomination from Raj Bhavan constituency for the Assembly elections to be held on April 9.

The Raj Bhavan seat is currently held by All India NR Congress (AINRC) Minister K Lakshminarayanan, and has now been transferred to the BJP in NDA's seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming polls.

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Tamil Nadu BJP in-charge and actor Khushboo were present during the filing of nomination. Today is the last date to file nominations for the Puducherry polls.

The BJP is contesting 10 seats in the NDA alliance under the leadership of N Rangasamy-led AINRC. The AINRC is contesting on 16 constituencies, AIADMK and Latchiya Jananayaga Katch...