Laxmipriya Nayak will contest from Chitrakonda, Barsa Singh Bariha from Padampur, Rajendra Chhatria from Kuchinda, Arundhati Kumari Devi from Deogarh, Sanjukta Singh from Angul, Dilip Kumar Nayak from Nimapara.
The death anniversary of visionary statesman and former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik was observed at the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) state party office in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik announced the fourth list of 9 candidates for the Odisha Assembly Elections and one candidate for Lok Sabha Elections.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday slammed the Odisha government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, saying it has "the worst healthcare facilities".
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and Odisha Assembly polls, former BJP vice-president Lekhasri Samantsinghar joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) at the party office in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sidhant Mohapatra, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), expressed confidence that the BJP will form government in Odisha as well as in the Centre in the upcoming state assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Kaushalya Hikaka, leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), expressed gratitude to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for nominating her to contest the upcoming elections from Koraput constituency for the second time.
Popular Odia filmstar and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Akash Das Nayak joined the BJP in the presence of Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal at party headquarters in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
"I want to thank our chief minister and our party president, Naveen Patnaik, sir for giving me a platform and an opportunity to serve the people of Aska Lok Sabha constituency," said Ranjita Sahu.