The Odisha Jan Sammukhya (OJS), a front of small political parties, on Monday announced a list of 20 MlA candidates and another list of four MP candidates for the coming lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
The candidates who have been named for various Assembly seats are: Nanda Hansda for Baripada, Suryanarayan Kumar for Bhawanipatna, Hari Gochhayat for Cuttack Sadar, Digambar Duria for Dharmagada, Bhagaban Naik for Dabugaon, Jatish Chandra Mohanty for Junagada, Braja Gopal Rout for Jaleswar, Kashti Turuka for Koraput, Mahendra Kumar Majhi for lanjigarh, Niranjan Jani for laxmipur and Surjanarayan Gouda for Ekamra-Bhubaneswar, all belong to Samruddha Odisha.
Similarly, Odisha Communist Party’s Abhimanyu Gauda for Bhanjanagar, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Khalipha Yadav for Sambalpur, RPI’s Sheikh Abdul Wali for Dhenkanal, Sarat Candra Behera for Chhendipada, Bhabani Shankar Sohela for Rengali and Sarjan Dansena for Bijepur, Utkal Samaja’s Bhaskar Chandra Jena for Baleswar, Janahitakar Party’s Sarat Chandra Mohapatra for Bhubaneswar (Middle) and Odisha Bikash Party’s Rudra Pratap Dalbehera for Khordha were named.
Similarly, Samruddha Odisha’s Bighnaraj Panda and Mangal Charan Nayak have been named for Kalahandi and Nabarangpur lok Sabha seats respectively and Odisha Bikash Party’s Pranakrushna Behera and Janhitakar Party’s Uma Charan Mishra will contest Bhubaneswar and Dhenkanal lok Sabha seats respectively.