Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal candidate Abanti Das has filed her nomination for the Dhamnagar by-poll in Bhadrak district.
Abanti Das, who has vast experience in Mission Shakti SHG, came out with her large number of supporters to file her nomination.
In a show of strength, the BJD candidate held a massive rally from Tihidi to Dhamnagar and Bhadrak with her supporters.
BJD Organizational Secretary Pranab Prakash Das and other senior BJD leaders joined the rally.
The by-poll is scheduled to be held on November 3.
Congress has fielded Baba Harekrushna Sethi and BJP nominated Suryavanshi Suraj Sthitaprajna as their candidates for the by-election.
The by-poll was necessitated following the death of sitting Dhamnagar MLA Bishnu Sethi.