Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Monday announced candidates for three Lok Sabha seats and 11 Assembly seats in Odisha. The list has some surprises.
While BJP has fielded yesteryear Ollywood actress Aparajita Mohanty from Bhubaneswar North, the party has named veteran leader Bijoy Mahapatra as its nominee from Patkura in Kendrapara.
Mahapatra had fought the 2014 election from Mahakalpara against BJD’s Atanu Sabyasachi.
Atanu has been re-nominated by BJD from Mahakalpara. Aparajita was the Congress LS candidate from Cuttack in 2014 polls.
Post the sweep of Mayurbhanj in rural polls in 2017, all eyes were on BJP candidate from Mayurbhanj. The party has nominated Biseswar Tudu, an engineer by profession, for the seat.
As expected, BJP has made Abhimanyu Sethi, son of former BJD MP Arjun Sethi, its candidate for the Bhadrak Lok Sabha. For the Jajpur LS seat, Amiya Mallick will be party’s face.
BJP has also given ticket to Jayanta Sarangi, former Puri civic body chairman, from Puri Assembly seat, when Sarangi joined the party on Sunday.
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