BJD Announces Comprehensive Candidate Slate for Odisha Assembly Elections

BJD Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released final list of candidates for 147 assembly seats. Sabitri Pradhan, Korei's representative Sandhyarani Das, Sukant Nayak for Nilgiri, and Devanand Das for Deogarh are new nominees.

Ruling BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced the names of three more candidates and changed the nominee in one Vidhan Sabha seat, finalising the list for all the 147 assembly seats in the state. Among the new nominees, Sabitri Pradhan will contest for Khandapada assembly seat in Nayagarh district, while Sandhyarani Das will represent Korei in Jajpur district.

Sandhyarani Das is the mother of BJD's organisational secretary and Lok Sabha candidate Pranab Prakash Das and wife of late Ashok Das, former Janata Dal president.

Turncoat sitting MLA Sukant Nayak, who joined BJD on March 31 after resigning from the BJP, has been nominated for Nilgiri assembly segment.

The BJD has replaced its candidate in Deogarh assembly seat, with Romanch Ranjan Biswal taking the place of Bamanda 'Rani' Arundhati Devi, the wife of erstwhile Deogarh king and BJP's Sambalpur MP Nitesh Ganga Dev.

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