BJD announces nine candidates for Odisha assembly polls, one for Lok Sabha elections

Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik introduced the fourth listing of 9 candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections and one candidate for Lok Sabha elections.

The BJD social gathering sources acknowledged that Lekhasri Samantasinghar has been fielded from Balasore Lok Sabha seat.

As per the BJD sources, the candidates who’ve been fielded for the Odisha Assembly Elections are Prabhu Jfrom Laxmipur, Gitanjali Routray from Paradip, Prasanna Acharya from Sambalpur, Rohit Pujari from Rairakhol, Madhab Sardar from Telkoi, Braja Pradhan from Talcher, Manorama Mohanty from Narla, Chakramani Kanhar from Baliguda, Ananta N Jena from BBSR-Central.

Earlier on Wednesday, BJD on Wednesday introduced a 38-member manifesto committee for the Lok Sabha elections.

The Committee will focus on with varied sectors of society, completely different areas and completely different age teams to arrange a manifesto.

Berhampur MP and BJD Vice-President Chandrashekhar Sahu has been appointed because the chairman of the committee.Debi Prasad Mishra, Pratap Deb, Saudam Marndi, Mangala Kissan, Padmanav Behera and Kasturi Mohapatra have been appointed as Co-chairmen of the committee.Earlier on Thursday, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik introduced the second listing of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.

Notably, within the 2019 Meeting polls, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) secured a major victory with 112 seats, with Naveen Patnaik changing into CM for the fifth consecutive time since 2000.

The Election Fee introduced that the elections in Odisha might be held concurrently with the Lok Sabha elections and might be accomplished in 4 phases, ranging from Part one on Might 13, Part two on Might 20, Part three on Might 25 and the ultimate Part on June 1.

The outcomes might be introduced on June 4.