The Congress on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for the four remaining Assembly constituencies which would go to polls in the first phase on April 10.
The party named Sibaram Patra to take on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the Hinjili Assembly seat, Surya Rao in Paralakhemundi, Makarananda Muduli in Rayagada and former Minister Kishore Patel in Brajarajnagar where he would lock horns with his former party colleague Anup Sai, who recently defected the BJD and immediately got a ticket from the ruling party.
The Congress also announced the replacement of its candidate in the Raghunathpali constituency Ashok Sethi with Gajendra Tanti. Similarly, the party replaced Bhokali Sethi with Pandab Jali in Khallikote, Jalandhar Kanhar with Sudarshan Kanhar in Phulbani and Shibaji Majhi with Pradeep Dishari in lanjigarh.