The Koraput lok Sabha seat is all set to witness a close triangular fight in the April 10 polls as two youth leaders, BJD’s Jhinna Hikaka and BJP’s Siba Shankar Ulaka, and Congress stalwart Giridhar Gamang are in the fray this time.
All the three candidates along with thousands of their respective party workers and supporters came in separate huge processions and filed nomination papers on Friday morning.
While Hikaka, sitting MlA from laxmipur, was accompanied by School and Mass Education Minister Rabi Narayan Nanda, BJP candidate Ulaka, son of former Minister late Rama Chandra Ulaka, was accompanied by BJP youth leader Bhrugu Baxipatra.