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Odisha: BJP releases second list of candidates for assembly elections

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday launched its second listing of candidates for 21 extra meeting constituencies within the state, making two adjustments to its earlier listing of candidates launched on April 2.

Following the Delhi Excessive Courtroom's keep order on the sentencing of former Union minister Dilip Ray, the BJP has fielded the senior chief from Rourkela meeting constituency underneath Sundargarh parliamentary constituency.

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom had not too long ago stayed the sentence of Ray, who was earlier sentenced to a few years' imprisonment within the coal rip-off case.

The social gathering has modified candidates for 2 meeting constituencies, Ranpur underneath Puri parliamentary constituency and Pottangi underneath Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP has nominated senior social gathering chief Surma Padhi rather than Tapas Ranjan Martha from Ranpur meeting constituency in Nayagarh district.

Equally, Chaitanya Nandibali has been made the social gathering candidate from Pottangi meeting seat rather than Chaitanya Hantal.

The social gathering has additionally nominated Jagannath Nundruka, who not too long ago stop the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and joined the BJP, from Bissam Cuttack seat underneath Koraput Lok Sabha constituency.

Nundruka, a former shut aide of sitting MLA and BJD chief Jagannath Saraka, has changed Siba Shankar Ulaka who was the BJP candidate for the meeting seat within the 2019 normal elections.

Equally, BJP has additionally given tickets to many different leaders who’ve not too long ago left BJD and joined the social gathering. The social gathering has fielded former BJD leaders Amarendra Das, Dambru Sisa, Bhadav Hansda and Kailash Kulesika from Jagatsinghpur, Chitrakonda, Saraskana and Laxmipur meeting constituencies of the state.

The social gathering has fielded Satya Sarathi Mohanty and Somnath Pujari from Balikuda-Irasama and Dabugam meeting seats respectively.

The social gathering had earlier declared the names of candidates for 112 constituencies out of the whole 147 meeting seats within the state.

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