Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Tuesday launched its first record of eight candidates for the Lok Sabha polls and 47 nominees for the meeting elections, which will likely be concurrently held in Odisha in 4 phases.
The japanese state has 21 Lok Sabha and 147 meeting seats.
The celebration renominated its sitting MP Saptagiri Ulaka, who will contest from the Koraput seat.
The opposite candidates for the Lok Sabha seats are Sanjay Bhoi (Bargarh), Janardan Dehury (Sundergarh), Manoj Mishsra (Bolangir), Droupadi Majhi (Kalahandi), Bhujabal Majhi (Nabarangpur), Amir Chand Nayak (Kandhamal) and Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik (Berhampur).
Among the many meeting ballot nominees, it named Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattnatak because the candidate for Nuapada, whereas the celebration’s marketing campaign committee chairman and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das will contest from the Narla seat in Kalahandi district.
Das’ son Sagar Charan has been fielded for the Bhawanipatna meeting section and bureaucrat-turned-politician Bijay Patnaik from the Parlakehmundi seat in Gajapati district, in response to the record.
The Congress renominated its sitting MLA C S Raazen Ekka from Rajgangpur and Taraprasad Bahinipati from Jeypore.
Samakhemundi legislator Ramesh Chandra Jena has additionally been renominated, whereas Dasarathi Gomango will contest from his Mohana (ST) seat.
Bolangir MLA Narasingha Mishra, who had earlier declared he wouldn’t contest the elections, has been changed by his son Samarendra Mishra.
Balabhadra Majhi, who just lately joined the Congress after quitting the BJD, has been fielded from the Lanjigarh meeting seat.
The celebration has left the Bonai and Biramitrapur meeting seats to the CPI(M) and JMM, respectively.
Polls will likely be held in Odisha on Might 13, 20, 25 and June 1.
(Printed 02 April 2024, 12:10 IST)
