The BJD on Saturday announced candidates for three m♚ore assembly s𝔉egments in Odisha, dropping two incumbent MLAs.
Chief Minister and BJD President Naveen Patnaik nominated 🧸Begunia MLA Rajendra Kumar Sahoo from the K🔯hurda assembly seat which is now represented by Jotirindra Nath Mitra.
The party also fielded debutant Gouta🍎m Buddha Das from the Bhograi assembly segment, denying a ticket to incumbent legislator Ananta⛎ Das.
Pradeep Kumar Sahoo has b♒een named from the Begunia assembly segment.
He had unsuccessfully contested from Begunia in 2019 as a Congress nominee. He joined the BJD two years later.
The BJD has so far nominated 144 candidates for elections to the 147-member 🦩assembly in Odisha.
The BJP and the Congress hav♏e already named 140 and 138 candidates respectively.
The state will go for polling in three phasꦇes beไtween May 13 and June 1.
