KOTTAYAM: Chandy Oommen, the UDF candidate for Puthupally bypolls, visited his father Oommen Chandy’s grave, prayed and sought blessings after keeping his nomination papers there. Chandy Oommen filed his nominations today. He went to Puthupally church after getting the blessings of his mother Mariamma Oommen.

After attending the prayers there, he went to file his nomination papers. Chandy Oommen shared the photos of him praying at his father’s grave, on his Facebook page.

‘Seeking Appa’s blessingd and moving forward to file nominations..’, he captioned the photos. After visiting Pambady election committee office, he will file his nominations at Pampady BDO office in Pallickathodu. The amount of Rs 10,001 paid at the time of filing nominations was offered by mother of C O T Nazeer, accused in pelting stones at Chandy.

The last date for filing nominations in Puthupally is today. LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas filed his nominations yesterday. BJP candidate Lijin Lal will also file his nominations today.