TNI Bureau: The Indian National Congress today announced its candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats in Odisha.
The list of candidates include both old and new comers. But surprisingly, the grand old party has named Bhakta Charan Das from Narla and his son Sagar Charan Das from Bhawanipatna.
Likewise, Bhujabal Majhi has been picked up as MP candidate for Nabarangpur while his daughter Dr. Lipika Majhi has been nominated to contest from Dabugam assembly seat.
Tara Bahinipati (Jeypore), Ramesh Jena (Sanakhemundi) and Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka (Koraput LS) are some of the several heavyweight leaders whom the party has repeated in their respective constituencies.
Ollywood actor Manoj Mishra has been picked to fight the Lok Sabha election from Bolangir.
List of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha seats:
1. Bargarh – Sanjay Bhoi
2. Sundargarh – Janardan Dehury
3. Bolangir- Manoj Mishra
4. Kalahandi – Draupadi Majhi
5. Nabarangpur – Bhujabal Majhi
6. Kandhamal- Amir Chand Nayak
7. Berhampur- Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik
8. Koraput- Saptagiri Ulaka
List of 49 candidates for Assembly seats:
1. Padampur – Tankadhar Sahu
2. Bijepur – Kishor Dafadar
3. Bargarh – Nipon Kumar Dash
4. Bhatli – Brahma Mahakud
5. Brajarajnagar – Kishore Chandra Patel
6. Talsara (ST) – Prabodh Tirkey
7. Sundargarh (ST) – Sudharani Raudia
8. Biramitrapur – Left to JMM
9. Raghunathpali (SC) – Gopal Das
10. Rourkela – Birendra Nath Pattnaik
11. Rajgangpur (ST) – Dr. CS Raazen Ekka
12. Bonai (ST) – Left to CPI-M
13. Loisingha (SC) – Om Prakash Kumbhar
14. Patnagarh – Anil Meher
15. Bolangir – Samarendra Mishra
16. Kantabanji – Santosh Singh Saluja
17. Nuapada – Sarat Pattanayak
18. Umarkote (ST) – Sanraj Gond
19. Jharigam (ST) – Harabati Gond
20. Nabarangpur (ST) – Dilip Pradhan
21. Dabugam (ST) – Dr. Lipika Majhi
22. Lanjigarh (ST) – Balabhadra Majhi
23. Junagarh – Tuleswar Naik
24. Dharmgarh – Rasmirekha Rout
25. Bhawanipatna (SC) – Sagar Charan Das
26. Narla – Bhakta Charan Das
27. Baliguda (ST) – Surada Pradhan
28. G. Udayagiri (ST) – Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
29. Phulbani (ST) – Prativa Kanhar
30. Kantamal – Manoj Kumar Acharya
31. Boudh- Naba Kumar Mishra
32. Banjanagar- Prasanta Bisoyi
33. Polasara- Agasti Barada
34. Kabisuryanagar- Chiranjeevi Bisoyi
35. Surada- Harikrishna Rath
36. Sanakhemundi- Ramesh Chandra Jena
37. Chikiti- Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantaray
38. Mohana –Dasarathi Gomango
39. Paralakhemundi- Bijay Patnaik
40. Gunupur- Satyajeet Samango
41. Bissam Cuttack- Nilamadhab Hikaka
42. Rayagada- Kadraka Allapaswamy
43. Laxmipur- Pabitra Saunta
44. Kotpad- Anama Dian
45. Jeypore- Tara Prasad Bahinipati
46. Koraput- Krushna Chandra Kuldeep
47. Pottangi- Ramchandra Kadam
48. Malkangiri- Mala Madhi
49. Chitrakonda- Mangu Khila
