BJP releases list of 112 candidates for Odisha assembly elections

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released a list of 112 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Odisha...

Mohapatra's niece Upasana Mohapatra has got the ticket from the Brahmagiri Assembly seat..

As per the list, BJP state president Manmohan Samal will contest from the Chandbali assembly segment in Bhadrak district while senior party leader and sitting MP from Bargarh Suresh Pujari will contest from Brajarajnagar Assembly seat..

While actor-turned-politician Akash Das Nayak, has been given the ticket for Korei Assembly segment in Jajpur district, former BJD MLA Priyadarshi Mishra will fight the polls from Bhubaneswar North seat...

While the saffron party's youth leader Tankadhar Tripathy will fight the Assembly polls from Jharsuguda, MLA Kusum Tete will contest from Sundargarh Assembly seat and Biswaranjan Badajena from Jatni...