BJP State president KV Singh Deo on Friday appointed coordinators for the 21 lok Sabha constituencies in the State as the national party is scheduled to announce the names of the party candidates for the 2014 general elections to the lok Sabha and the State Assembly by January 15 next.
Addressing a Press conference here, Singh Deo said that the BJP Parliamentary Board would announce the names of the party candidates for the lok Sabha and Assembly seats by January 15 next. As part of the election preparedness, the State unit of the party had started the process to finalize the poll strategy and selection of suitable candidates in advance. After the names of possible candidates are shortlisted, they would be recommended to the party’s central parliamentary board for taking a final decision ahead of the announcement of the poll schedule. To a question, he said.
“winability” is the only criterion for selection of candidates. Singh Deo also informed that for taking stock of the party’s organisational strength and winning possibility, the central party would conduct a constituency-wise survey of its own. He said that the appointed coordinators would recommend the State party on the party’s organisational strength and the names of possible candidates to the State unit.
The coordinators for the 21 lok Sabha seats are Bimbadhar Kuanr for Baragada, Ganesh Mahaling for Sundargarh, Suresh Pujari Sambalpur, Sukadev Mahanta Keonjhar, Chhotelal Mahanta Mayrubhanj, Manmohan Dutta Baleswar, Bishnu Sethi Bhadrakh, Sanchita Mohanty Jajpur, Rudranarayan Pani Dhenkanal, Sukanta Panigrahi Kandhamal, Samir Dey Cuttack, Baidyananth Chaterjee Kendrapada, Baidhar Mallick Jagatsinghpur, Krushna Chandra Jagdev Puri, Samir Mohanty Bhubaneswar, Mahesh Mohanty Aska, Ramachandra Panda Brahmapur and Bijoy Mishra for Koraput.
However, two coordinators each have been appointed in respect of three lok Sabha segments. While Sibaji Mohanty and Pramod Mohapatra have been appointed as coordinators for Bolangir, Artatrana Mohapatra and Jadumani Panigrahi for Kalahandi, Ramesh Sahoo and Gurucharan Moahaty are the coordinators for Nabarangpur.