Bhubaneswar, (Orissa Today), April 16: The BJP revealed its latest lineup of 21 candidates for the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections on Tuesday. Notable among them is former Union Minister Dilip Ray, who recently obtained clearance from the Delhi High Court to contest elections.
Ray will compete for the Rourkela Assembly seat under the BJP banner. Additionally, Sanjali Murmu and Surama Padhy have been selected as candidates for the Bangriposi (ST) and Ranpur constituencies, respectively.
The complete list of BJP candidates and their respective constituencies is as follows:
Rourkela: Dilip Ray
Patna (ST): Akhil Chandra Naik
Saraskana (ST): Bhadav Hansdah
Rairangpur (ST): Jolen Barda
Bangriposi (ST): Sanjali Murmu
Karanjia (ST): Padmacharan Haibru
Jharigram (ST): Narsingh Bhatra
Dabugam (ST): Somnath Pujari
Rajanagar: Lalit Behera
Balikuda-Ersama: Satya Sarathi Mohanty
Jagatsinghpur: Amarendra Dash
Kakatpur (SC): Baidhar Mallick
Ranpur: Surama Padhi
Sanakhemundi: Uttam Kumar Panigrahi
Mohana (ST): Prasanta Mallik
Bissam Cuttack (ST): Jagannath Nundruka
Rayagada (ST): Basanta Kumar Ullaka
Laxmipur (ST): Kailash Kulesika
Kotpad (ST): Rupu Bhatra
Pottangi (ST): Chaitanya Nandibali
Chitrakonda (ST): Dambaru Sisa
Earlier, on April 2, the BJP had announced a list of 112 candidates for the Assembly elections.
