Mangaluru : Congress candidate of Mangaluru North constituency Inayat Ali filed his nomination papers on April 20.

Inayat accompanied by several Congress leaders and party workers went in a procession to the Mini Vidanasoudha office where nomination was filed.

Inayat Ali started his political career as a grass-root level worker, taking up the responsibility as the NSUI president for the Mulki block of Dakshina Kannada district. He then continued to serve the Congress party as National NSUI general secretary and as the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee general secretary, working under the guidance of the late Oscar Fernandes, Mukul Wasnik, Ashok Gehlot and Rahul Gandhi.