Summary:
more-inThe Kaup Assembly Constituency, which lies to the south of Udupi district, is famous for a flower, ‘Shankarpura Mallige,’ and a vegetable ‘Mattu Gulla,’ both of which enjoy the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Mr.
Mendon, Gurme Suresh Shetty, Yashpal Suvarna, Sheela K.
Shetty, Gitanjali Suvarna, Kuilady Suresh Nayak, are aspirants for the BJP ticket. Mr.
Mendon repeated the feat by defeating Mr.
Salian by a slender margin of 967 votes in the 2008 Assembly elections. Mr.
Salian was a Minister in the Cabinets of M.