Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik in Odisha has announced his candidates for Balasore Lok Sabha seat and 9 assembly seats on Thursday (April 11) evening. Lekhashree Samantsinhar, who recently left Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined BJD, has been made the party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Balasore.
Ticket to Prabhu Jani from Lakshmipur, Gitanjali Routrai from Paradip
Similarly, Prabhu Jani from Lakshmipur, Geetanjali Routray from Paradip and Prasanna Acharya from Sambalpur have been made the assembly candidates by the party. BJD has given assembly tickets to Rohit Pujari from Redhakhol, Madhav Sardar from Telkoi, Braj Pradhan from Talcher, Manorama Mohanty from Narla, Chakramani Kahar from Baliguda and Anant Narayan Jena from Bhubaneswar Central.
BJD finalizes ticket of Anant Narayan from Bhubaneswar Central
A faction of BJD had put strong pressure on the demand of not giving ticket to Anant Narayan Jena from Bhubaneswar Central Assembly seat. For this reason his name was not released in the first 3 lists. Ultimately the party has approved his name. Similarly, Geetanjali Routrai, wife of current MLA Sambit Routrai, has been given ticket from Paradip seat of Odisha.
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