The Communist Party of India (CPI-M) on Monday announced to contest two lok Sabha and 12 Assembly seats in the State in the ensuing general elections. Announcing the names of the candidates at the State party office here, CPM State secretary Janardan Pati said that out of the 12 Assembly seats, the names of two candidates for Satyabadi constituency in Puri district and Paralakhemundi constituency in Gajapati district would be announced later.
The names of the candidates for 10 Assembly seats are Bonai-laxman Munda, Rourkela- Salomi Minz, Nilgiri-Pradipta Panda, Remuna-Dr Sanjay Das, Jaleswar-Sisir Bhoi, Salepur-Badrinarayan Das, Ranpur-Golak Bihari Muduli, Nayagarh— Biswanath Mohapatra, Digapahandi-Bidyadhar Jena and Mohana-Dandapani Raita. Pati said that of the two lok Sabha seats, the party has already announced the name of Ali Kishore Patnaik as the candidate for the Brahmapur constituency.
“For the Baleswar lok Sabha seat, we have sent the name of the candidate to the Central Politburo and would announce the name after we receive its nod,” Pati said.