Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Apr 13: The Indian National Congress on Saturday announced the list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

As per the notification, former Union Minister Srikant Jena will contest from Balasore while Yasir Nawaz has been named as party candidate for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency.

List of nine Lok Sabha candidates is as follows:

Keonjhar(ST)- Mohan Hembram
Balasore- Srikant Kumar Jena
Bhadrak(SC)- Anant Kumar Sethi
Jajpur(SC)- Anchal Das
Dhenkanal- Sashmita Behera
Kendrapara – Sidharth Swarup Das
Jagatsinghpur – Rabindra Kumar Sethi
Puri- Sucharita Mohanty
Bhubaneswar- Yasir Nawaz

Earlier on April 2, the grand old party announced the first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 assembly seats in Odisha.

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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.

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