BJD Releases Star Campaigner List for Nuapada By-Poll
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday announced the list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming Nuapada Assembly by-election in Odisha.
The list is led by BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who will be joined by several senior party leaders and ministers to campaign for the party’s candidate Snehangini Chhuria.
The complete list of star campaigners includes:
- Naveen Patnaik
- Prasanna Acharya
- Debi Prasad Mishra
- Ranendra Pratap Swain
- Niranjan Pujari
- Dr. Arun Kumar Sahoo
- Pratap Deb
- Pranab Prakash Das
- Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak
- Pratap Jena
- Sanjay Kumar Das Burma
- Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
- Sarada Nayak
- Puspendra Singh Deo
- Priti Ranjan Gharai
- Tukuni Sahu
- Sulata Deo
- Lekhashri Samantsinghar
- Sudam Marndi
- Debesh Acharya
- Pradip Kumar Dishari
- Saroj Kumar Meher
- Rohit Pujari
- Mujibulla Khan
- Bikram Panda
- Bhrugu Baxipatra
- Jogesh Singh
- Niranjan Bisi
- Manohar Randhari
- Ramesh Majhi
- Pradip Majhi
- Adhiraj Panigrahi
- Romancha Ranjan Biswal
- Subasini Jena
- Barsa Singh Bariha
- Deepali Das
- Manorama Mohanty
- Chinmaya Sahu
- Ipsita Sahu
The BJD’s campaigners will canvas extensively across the Nuapada constituency in support of Snehangini Chhuria, who is contesting against Jay Dholakia of the BJP and Ghasiram Majhi of the Congress.
With several senior leaders and ministers included in the list, the BJD is aiming to retain the Nuapada Assembly seat and strengthen its position in the western belt of the state ahead of future political contests.
