The Utkal Bharat has fielded 67 candidates in 19 municipalities and Notified Area Councils (NACs) in 13 districts for the ensuing urban local body (UlB) elections. They all would contest the election on ‘Stair’ symbol.
The party has fielded its candidates in the districts of Malkanagiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Angul, Dhenakanal, Baleswar, Mayurbhanj.
The party too informed that it would field its candidates in municipal elections in western Odisha, where the UlB polls have been postponed due to the lawyers’ agitation demanding a permanent High Court Bench, besides the Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Municipal Corporation elections due in November and December this year. Utkal Bharat president MA Kharabela Swain and other State-level leaders would campaign for the party candidates.