Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Saturday announced its candidates for 16 Assembly and 03 Lok Sabha seats from Odisha.
According to a press release issued by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) the Central Election Committee of Congress selected candidates for 16 seats for the ensuing elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly and 03 candidates for Lok Sabha seats of Sambalpur, Keonjhar and Aska from Odisha.
The list of candidates for the 16 Assembly seats is as under:
Jharsuguda: Amita Biswal
Badashi: Kshirod Chandra Patra
Sukinda: Bibhu Bhusan Rout
Kantamal: Sarat Kumar Pradhan (in place of Manoj Kumar Acharya)
Kendrapara: Shipra Mallick
Rajanagar: Ashok Pratihari
Mahakalapada: Loknath Maharathy
Nimapara: Siddharth Routray
Pipili: Gyan Ranjan Patnaik
Jayadev: Krushna Sagaria (in place of Jayant Kumar Bhoi)
Khordha: Sonali Sahoo
Chilika: Pradeep Kumar Swain
Khandapada: Manoj Kumar Pradhan
Daspalla: Nakul Nayak
Kabisuryanagar: Sanjay Kumar Mandal (in place of Bipin Bihari Swain)
Gopalpur: Shayam Sundargarh Sahu
The list of candidates for the 03 Lok Sabha seats is as under:
Sambalpur: Dulal Chandra Pradhan
Keonjhar: Binod Bihari Nayak (in place of Mohan Hembram)
Aska: Debokanta Sharma
Prominent among those who have been given party tickets by the Congress are Siddharth Routray, a greenhorn in politics and son of expelled veteran Congress leader Suresh Kumar Routray and Shipra Mallick, a former BJD MLA.
