Bhubaneswar: Many senior political leaders including former Union Minister Dilip Ray, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, Minister Ranendra Swain and BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma filed their nominations today.
Holding mega processions with participation of hundreds of supporters, the leaders have submitted their nomination papers before concern returning officers.
Dilip Ray has been fielded by the BJP from the Rourkela Assembly seat. Shri Ray is contesting against BJD leader and Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak.
Dr.Patra, BJP candidate for Puri Lok Sabha constituency, filed nomination papers at the district collector’s office, Puri on Monday. BJP’s nominee for Pipili Assembly seat, Ashrit Patnaik, also filed the nomination papers at the deputy collector’s office.
Dr. Patra along with Shri Patnaik, embarked on a mammoth rally from Uttara on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar to Puri before filing the nomination papers on Monday. Hundreds of party workers took part in the BJP rally from Pipili to Puri.
Sambit Patra had lost the Puri Lok Sabha seat after a close fight with the Biju Janata Dal’s candidate and lawyer Pinaki Misra in the 2019 general election.
BJD has fielded former Mumbai Police Commissioner, Arup Patnaik against Patra in Puri Lok Sabha constituency this time. The Congress has nominated Sucharita Mohanty from the Puri Lok Sabha seat.
Similarly, BJD heavyweight Sanjay Das Burma, the party’s candidate for the Satyabadi Assembly seat, reached Puri by taking out a huge rally along with party workers and filed his nomination papers on Monday.
Senior leader and Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain was seen riding his old scooter, a lucky one for him, while visiting the office of Returning Officer for filing the nomination. Shri Swain moved to the Returning Officer in a bike rally.
Filing of nominations commenced in the state on Monday for the third phase of the Odisha leg of polling on May 25.
Polling will be held in six Lok Sabha constituencies — Puri, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Keonjhar — of the state on May 25.
