Congress Names 75 More Candidates For Odisha Assembly Polls

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar, Apr 14: The Congress on Sunday announced a list of 75 more candidates for the upcoming elections to Odisha Assembly.

The grand old party has fielded former OPCC president Niranjan Pattnaik from the Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency in Bhadrak district, while senior leader Jayadev Jena will contest from Anandpur in Keonjhar district.

The party pitted Pruthvi Ballav Patnaik, son of former Chief Minister JB Patnaik, from Begunia constituency.

Changes were made to candidates in three assembly seats – Talsara, Baliguda, and Kabisuryanagar.

Former Indian Hockey skipper Prabodh Tirkey was replaced by Debendra Bhitaria in Talsara, while Upendra Pradhan replaced Surada Pradhan in Baliguda. Similarly, Bipin Bihari Swain took the place of Chiranjeevi Bisoyi in Kabisuryanagar.

The list, signed by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary KC Venugopal, is as follows:

With this, the Congress named candidates for 119 Assembly seats out of the total 147 constituencies in the state.