Intensifying its hunt for Lok Sabha Polls and State Polls in Odisha that slated to be clubbed, Biju Janta Dal Chief Naveen Patnaik on Monday declared another list of 9 Candidate for Odisha State Polls and a candidate for Lok Sabha Polls 2019.
The Odisha ruling party in its first list announced Incumbent Chief Minister Patnaik will contest from Hinjili and Bijepur assembly constituencies.
BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik who has in a run-up to the general elections has already made it clear not to ally with anyone announced names on another 9 assembly constituencies in addition to 108 names already announced. The 9 names include:
- Prashant Jagdev from Chilika
- Arabinda Dhali from Jaydev
- Rajendra Kumar Sahoo from Begunia
- Jyotindranath Mitra from Khurda
- Romancha Ranjan Biswal from Deogarh
- Nityananda Sahoo from Basta
- Basanti Marandi from Rairangpur
- Rajkishore Das from Morada
- Sunanda Das from Bari
The party in the list also named a candidate for Lok Sabha Polls 2019. The party named Bhartruhari Mahatab from Cuttack Parliamentary Seat.
‘Keeping with the best interests of our people & #Odisha, @bjd_odisha announced candidates for nine Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats for #OdishaElections2019. Wish them all the very best & appeal all to work in unison for an emphatic victory’, tweeted Odisha Chief Minister and BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik tweeted.
Keeping with the best interests of our people & #Odisha, @bjd_odisha announced candidates for nine Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats for #OdishaElections2019. Wish them all the very best & appeal all to work in unison for an emphatic victory. #LokSabhaElections2019#ଘରେଘରେଶଙ୍ଖ pic.twitter.com/k1oYGW49Ns
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) April 1, 2019
BJD in a run-up to the polls will take on aggressive Bhartiya Janta Party and Congress who has inked an alliance with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
General Elections are slated for April-May this year that would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Election Commission had on Sunday declared schedule for General Elections 2019.
READ: Check Out the Full List of BJP Candidates for the Lok Sabha Polls 2019
The Counting of votes for the mega battle of ballots will take place on May 23, four days after last round of polling.
The Odisha State Polls will be clubbed with the General Elections 2019. The State will Poll in four rounds of Polling starting from April 11. The State has a total of 147 State Assembly while having 21 Lok Sabha Seats.
Currently, BJD has 117 lawmakers in the state assembly.
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