A total of nine candidates, including one each from the BJD, the Congress and the BJP, have filed nominations for the Kandhamal lok Sabha by-poll to be held on October 15.
BJP candidate Rudramadhab Ray filed his nominations on Friday in the presence of State president KV Singh Deo and senior leaders Bijay Mohapatra, Manmohan Samal, Suresh Pujari, Rudra Pani, Samir Dey, Basant Panda and KK Pandy.
Similarly, Abhimanyu Behera filed nominations on behalf of Congress. PCC chief Jaydev Jena, Niranjan Patnaik, Bhakta Das, Giridhari Gamang, Hemanda Biswal, Narsignh Mishra, Taraprasad Bahinipati, Chandra Majhi, Jacob Pradhan and Nagarjun Pradhan were present. BJD’s Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh had filed her nomination papers on Friday.
Others who filed nominations are MD Ziuaddin (Indian Citizen Fourm), Jalandar Kahar, Birendra Gauda, Surendra Behara, Kudamani Urma (Pachimanchala Bikas Party) and Sameer Kar.