Congress declares candidates for 7 LS, 20 Assembly seats in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Friday announced the list of candidates for seven Lok Sabha and 20 Assembly seats in Odisha.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik’s son Navajyoti will contest from the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency while media committee chairman Satya Prakash Nayak will fight from the Puri seat.

The names of the other Lok Sabha candidates are Fakir Mohan Naik (Keonjhar-ST), Madhumita Sethi (Bhadrak-SC), Brig KP SinghDeo (Dhenkanal), Dharanidhar Nayak (Kendrapada), Pratima Mallick (Jagatsinghpur-SC).

List of candidates for 20 Assembly seats: Mohan Hembram (Telkoi-ST), Gopeshwar Naik (Patna-ST), Mahendra Naik (Jashipur-ST), Benudhar Mahapatra (Udala-ST), Dasarath Singh (Baripada-ST), Satyasiba Das (Bhograi), Bijan Nayak (Basta), Pratap Sethi (Remuna-SC), Ashok Kumar Das (Basudevpur), BNidyadhar Jena (Dhamnagar-SC), Manoranjan Das (Binjharpur-SC), Umesh Jena (Bari), Sarat Rout (Sukinda), Jasaswini Rout (Parjanga), Mamata Bhoi (Nihali-SC), Debendra Kumar Sahoo (Mahanga), Jaynta Mohanty (Patkura), Bibhu Prasad Tarai (Tirtol-SC), Auro Prasad Mishra (Puri) and Manoj Kumar sahoo (Nayagarh).