A senior supreme court lawyer and a PhD holder Dr Susanta Kanungo is contesting rural polls for the Samiti member post from Olavar Panchayat under Balikuda block.
"There is a general perception that people join politics to earn money, reputation and identity, I want to prove it wrong. I have earned enough during my 25 years long legal profession at different courts including the Supreme Court," said Kanungo.
Dr Kanungo is qualified with an LLB degree and PhD in political science from Delhi University. He was a legal practitioner before plunging into hurly-burly of rural polls. He had been elected students union president of MS Law College in Cuttack in the year 1996.
"I had contested for Balikuda Assembly seat in the year 2000 as a candidate from NCP. In 2014 Congress party refused to give ticket to me; so then I had contested as a rebel candidate unsuccessfully," Kaunongo informed.
" I want to give my service to the people of my village. I have now got an opportunity to serve the people. I want to go back to the roots where I was brought up starting a new political career," he added.