Bhubaneswar, Mar 28: Congress will release the first list of its candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha by the first week of April, informed former Union Minister and Odisha Congress Campaign Committee chairman Bhakta Charan Das on Thursday.

Addressing media persons here, Das said, “Very soon, by the first week of April, the party will announce the list of candidates for at least 60 Assembly constituencies, where the party lost last election with a minimal margin.” Das said.

The Congress party will aggressively campaign against BJD and BJP and fight in the upcoming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, he added.

The veteran Congress leader also confirmed that  he is going to contest the upcoming Odisha assembly elections from Narla constituency in Kalahandi district.

" If Congress comes to power, we will form the government of Odias and all the mischiefs of non-Odia and bureaucrats will end," he said.

Odisha will vote in the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls, which are being held simultaneously, in four phases. The polling will be held on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.

The votes will be counted with the rest of the country on June 4.

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