Naveen Files Nomination For Hinjili Constituency

Bhubaneswar/Chhatrapur, March 20:  Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Hinjili Assembly seat at the office of the sub-collector who is the Returning Officer for the constituency at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district.

The Chief Minister arrived at Hinjili at about 10 am. From Hinjili, he went to the Tara Tarini temple to seek the blessings of the goddesses before filing his papers at Chhatrapur.

Several party leaders, including Chandrasekhar Sahu, Bikram Panda, Ramesh Chandra Chaupatnaik, were present. Elaborate security measures were put in place in Chhatrapur for the visit of the Chief Minister.

Notably, the Chief Minister, for the first time, will simultaneously contest from Bijepur Assembly seat in Bargarh district. Elections to these two constituencies will be held in the second-phase polling on April 18.