Bhubaneswar: With the Biju Janata Dal announcing the first and second list of candidates for the upcoming General and Assembly elections, the election atmosphere in the state is heating up. Party Supremo Naveen Patnaik yesterday announced the names of 15 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and 72 names for the State Assembly elections.
After the announcement of the candidates, the candidates and their supporters today gathered at the Naveen Niwas to thank Naveen. Ministers Tukuni Sahu, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Pratap Dev, Bikram Arukha, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and other leaders Latika Pradhan, Santrupta Mishra, Dilip Tirkey, Soubhik Biswal, Sudam Marandi etc., today thanked the Supremo for reposing faith in them.