Former UN diplomat and Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor on Saturday filed nomination papers from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Tharoor filed the papers before District Collector Sanjay Kaul at the collectorate in Thiruvananthapuram.
Congress leaders, including former MP from the constituency V S Sivakumar, MLA N Sakthan, District Congress President Mohan Kumar were among those who accompanied Tharoor.
CPI’s P Ramachandran Nair, BJP state President P K Krishnadas and BSP State President A Neelalohithadasan Nadar are the other main candidates in the fray.