Cong releases list of candidates for first phase polls in Odisha
Surjit Kumar Dhal,Bhubaneswar, March 19: Closely behind the ruling BJD, the Congress has announced the list of 42 candidates for the first phase polls—both Lok Sabha and Assembly seats– in State.
The announcement was made by AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik in New Delhi late Monday night.
Of the 42 candidates, the party has announced the name of candidates for 36 Assembly seats and 6 Lok Sabha seats. Among these candidates, the party has fielded new candidates for 4 Lok Sabha and 23 Assembly seats.
However, the party is yet to announce the name of the candidates for 9 Assembly seats and Koraput Lok Sabha seat polling for which is scheduled on April 11.
The candidates for the Assembly seats are Satya Bhusan Sahu (Padampur), Nipan Das (Bargarh), Nihar Mahananda (Attabira-SC), Rohit Joseph Tirkey (Biramitrapur-ST), CS Rajan (Rajgangpur-ST), Binod Kumar Patra (Biramaharajpur-SC), Narasingha Mishra (Balangir), Ghasiram Majhi (Nuapada), Adhiraj Panigrahi (Khariar), Uldhar Majhi (Jharigan-ST), Sadan Nayak (Nabarangpur-ST), Bhujabala Majhi (Dabugan-ST), Sivaji Majhi (Lanjigarh-ST), Digambar Duria (Dharmagarh), Siman Mallick (Baliguda-ST), Kishore Chandra Kanhar (Phulbani-ST), Prasant Sahu (Kantamal), Prasant Kumar Nayak (Daspalla-SC), Sanjay Kumar Tripathy (Bhanjanagar)
20. Hari Charan Swain (Polasara), Bijay Kumar Sahu (Kabisuryanagar), Manoj Kumar Jena (Aska), Ramesh Chandra Jena (Sanakhemundi), Ramakrushna Panda (Hinjili), Dharmaraj Reddy (Gopalpur), Lingaraj Choudhury (Berhampur), Bismay Mahapatra (Digapahandi), Subash Chandra Rout (Chikiti), Dasarathi Gomango (Mohana-ST)
30. Purushottam Gomango (Gunupur-ST), Nilamadhab Hikaka (Bisam Cuttack-ST), Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Jeypore), Krushna Chandra Kuldeep (Koraput-SC), Rama Chandra Kadam (Pottangi-ST), Mala Madhi (Malkangiri-ST) and Laxmipriya Nayak (Chitrakonda-ST).
The candidates for the six Lok Sabha seats are Pradeep Kumar Debata (Bargarh-ST)
2. George Tirkey (Sundargarh-ST), Bhakta Charan Das (Kalahandi), Pradip Majhi (Nabarangpur-ST), Manoj Kumar Acharya (Kandhamal) and V. Chandrasekhar Naidu (Berhampur).
