Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday introduced the names of 27 candidates for upcoming Meeting elections and 5 for Lok Sabha polls. With this, the BJD has fielded 20 candidates for the 21 Lok Sabha seats, barring Balasore. The celebration fielded former BJP leaders Bhrugu Baxipatra and Parineeta Mishra from Berhampur and Baragarh Lok Sabha seats, hours after they joined the regional outfit.
Barring Baxipatra and Mishra, the three Lok Sabha candidates declared are Surendra Singh Bhoi (Bolangir), Manjulata Mandal (Bhadrak) and Dhanurjay Siddu (Keojhar). The celebration has additionally dropped two sitting MPs – Chandrani Murmu (Keonjhar) and Chandrasekhar Sahu (Berhampur). Of the 5 Lok Sabha candidates, solely Mandal was renominated whereas the remaining are new. Whereas Mishra and Baxipatra joined the celebration through the day, Singh Bhoi had resigned from Congress and joined the BJD final week.
7 sitting MLAs denied tickets
The celebration has additionally to date introduced nominees for 99 meeting seats out of 147. Patnaik has denied tickets to seven sitting MLAs as they’ve been changed by new aspirants. The sitting MLAs who have been denied re-nomination are Parsuram Dhada (Soro), Ramesh Chandra Sai (Athamallik), Angad Kanhar (Phulbani), Bijay Shankar Das (Tirtol), Pritam Padhi (Pottangi), Pratap Jena (Mahanga) and Rajkishore Das (Moroda).
Whereas Pratap Jena of Mahanga has been changed by his son Ankit, Morada MLA Rajkishore Das’s spouse Preetinanda Kanungo was nominated by the celebration. In the meantime, Soro MLA Parsuram Dhada, inside hours of being denied re-nomination, resigned from BJD. “I resigned from the celebration with a heavy coronary heart,” he wrote to Patnaik. Former Phulbani MLA Debendra Kanhar, who was elected in 2009, additionally resigned from the celebration with out revealing the explanation.
Seven ladies candidates for Meeting polls
The 27-member record launched for the meeting elections included seven ladies candidates. They’re Anusaya Patra (Badasahi), Preetinanda Kanungo (Morada), Alaka Mohanty (Brajrajnagar), Depali Das (Jharsuguda), Jayashree Kanhar (Phulbani), Suryamani Vaidya (Khalikote) and Majula Swain Aska.
The ruling celebration had introduced its first record of candidates for 9 Lok Sabha seats and 72 meeting seats on March 27. The celebration launched the second record of six extra candidates for Lok Sabha polls the identical day.
(With PTI inputs)
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