Bhubaneswar, Mar 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to release its second list of candidates for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha within the next two days, BJP's election in-charge for Odisha Vijay Pal Singh Tomar said on Friday.

“It will come. Wait for two days,” Tomar told reporters when asked about the second list of candidates.

On March 24, the BJP announced the names of 18 candidates out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha for the upcoming general elections.  

The party is yet to name its nominees for the Cuttack, Kandhamal and Jajpur Lok Sabha seats.

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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.

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

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