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In a blow to the Congress ahead of the elections in Odisha, its Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty returned her poll party ticket citing the alleged denial of funding by the party.
While denying tickets to a slew of its sitting legislators and senior leaders across Odisha for the Assembly polls, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has, in many cases, replaced them with their wives or children in their constituencies, fearing “rebellion” and “defection”.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will contest from a second seat, Kantabanji, in the state’s western region, besides his traditional bastion of Hinjili, in the upcoming assembly elections.
With party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday nominating Lekhasri Samantasunghar from Balasore, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha is again set to field 33% women in the Lok Sabha elections.
The BJD Wednesday announced candidates for five more Lok Sabha seats and 27 more Assembly constituencies, and with this list, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik-led party has now cleared names for 20 of the total 21 parliamentary seats and 99 Assembly segments.
For many popular Odia film stars who have transitioned to politics, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) that has been the ruling party in the state for two decades used to be the first choice, with many also getting elected to the state Assembly or Parliament. But ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha, almost all of them have switched to the BJP, with Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty the latest to jump ship on Monday.
Ranjita Sahu began connecting with the people of her small town Kodala in Ganjam district of Odisha, when she returned from Bengaluru after completing her higher studies in 2015, connecting migrant workers from Ganjam working in Gujarat’s Surat with their elderly parents back home.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday decided to field Anjani Soren, sister of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, from the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat in Odisha. She is the daughter of JMM founder Shibu Soren.