Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nominee Bishnu Mohan Rath and Independent candidate Parsuram Barik filed their nominations on Monday for the Talcher Assembly seat. A mass rally was conducted by the supporters and party workers of Rath, which started from the local Jagannath temple and moved through Bada Bazar, By pass and Hatatota area. The AAP activists were found shouting various slogans and showing brooms. Rath is an engineer-turned- contractor.
He has undertaken many social activities for his locality in past. At the time of nomination, AAP Dhenkanal lok Sabha nominee Jimuta Prasad Misra and party’s members Artatrana Pani, Kina Das, Bidyut Ghose and Tito Panda were present. Similarly, Congress nominee Sasmita Behera and Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) nominee and trade union leader Aren Pany filed their papers on Tuesday. Behera was taken in a big rally of thousands of supporters. At the time of nomination, former Talcher Block chairperson Khirod Sahu, Biranchi Sahu, Hadibandhu Biswal, Jayanta Bhutia and Raju Sahu were present. All the papers were submitted before Sub Collector cum electoral officer Saroj Samal.