Kharabela Swain, Achyuta Samanta fight in Kandhamal

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Monday introduced former MP Kharabela Swain as its nominee for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat hours after he returned to the birthday celebration. Besides, the saffron birthday celebration fielded former DGP Prakash Mishra, who joined the birthday celebration on Sunday, from Cuttack LS seat.
“The country has scaled new heights globally below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am becoming a member of the birthday celebration inspired together with his management. I can contest from Kandhamal,” Swain stated hours prior to his title used to be formally launched by way of the birthday celebration. He introduced his return to the saffron fold in the presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan at the BJP office here, placing to relaxation days of hypothesis relating to his homecoming.

Swain, a bureaucrat-turned politician, used to be elected to LS from Balasore 3 times (1998, 1999, 2004) as BJP candidate. However, he left the birthday celebration in December 2009 and began his personal outfit, Utkal Bharat. The 1980-batch Indian Allied Services Officer stated together with his becoming a member of the BJP, the Utkal Bharat might be merged with the saffron birthday celebration. Swain will face BJD’s Achyuta Samanta and Congress’ Manoj Kumar Acharya, among others, in Kandhamal.

Retired IPS officer Prakash Mishra used to be named birthday celebration candidate from Cuttack Lok Sabha seat represented by way of Bhartruhari Mahtab of BJD in the outgoing LS. Mishra, who also served as CRPF DG (2014-2016), termed his variety as a BJP candidate as, “An enormous alternative to serve the people of Cuttack. I can strive exhausting to make Cuttack a type LS segment if voted.”

The Odisha executive had removed Mishra as leader of Odisha Police in July 2014, two years after he took over in July 2012, and slapped a vigilance case on him in September 2014. The Orissa top court quashed the fees towards Mishra in June 2015. With those two, the BJP has introduced candidate for 17 of the 21 LS seats in Odisha that pass to polls in four levels on April 11, April 18, April 23 and April 29.

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Bhubaneswar: The saffron birthday celebration also launched names of 10 more MLA candidates. It fielded birthday celebration’s state unit vice-president and spokesperson Pitambar Acharya from Hinjili the place leader minister Naveen Patnaik has entered the fray. The Congress has fielded Ramkrushna Panda from the seat.


Rishabh Nanda, son of BJD Rajya Sabha member Prashant Nanda, has been named BJP nominee from Begunia Rishabh joined the BJP final week. Other MLA contestants come with Dinesh Jain (Jharsuguda), Debendra Mohapatra (Rairakhol), Badrinarayan Dhal (Bhandaripokhari), Pradeep Naik (Bhadrak), Debnarayan Pradhan (Phulbani), Sampad Swain (Paradip) and Biswaranjan Badjena (Jayanti). With this, the BJP has named 131 of its candidates for the 147-member assembly.


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