BJD Announces 40 Star Campaigners for Nuapada Bye-Election

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday released the list of 40 star campaigners for the upcoming bye-election to Nuapada Assembly Constituency.

The list, which has been approved by BJD President and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik, features prominent leaders of the party.

Naveen Patnaik himself leads the list, followed by senior leaders including Prasanna Acharya, Debi Prasad Mishra, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Niranjan Pujari, Arun Kumar Sahoo, Pratap Deb, Pratap Jena and Pranab Prakash Das.

Several other key leaders such as Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Sanjay Das Burma, Dibya Shankar Mishra, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Sarada Nayak, Pushpendra Singh Deo, Priti Ranjan Ghadai, Sudam Marndi, Debsh Acharya, Pradip Kumar Dishari have also been named among the star campaigners.

Other leaders including Saroj Kumar Meher, Rohit Pujari, Mujibulla Khan, Bikram Panda, Bhrugu Baxipatra, Jogesh Singh, Niranjan Bishi, Pradip Majhi and Manohar Randhari have also been featured in the list.

Several women leaders like Tukuni Sahu, Sulata Deo, Lekhashree Samantsinghar, Subasini Jena, Barsa Singh Bariha,. Deepali Das, Manorama Mohanty, and Ipsita Sahu have also been included in the list.

Earlier, the BJD announced a list of over 50 senior leaders who will spearhead the party’s campaigns in the Nuapada bypoll, with each leader assigned special responsibilities for different blocks and NAC areas of the district.

The party has also deployed 18 senior leaders, each for campaigning in Nuapada and Komna blocks.

Eight have been assigned the task to spearhead the campaign for the party’s candidate in Nuapada and Khariar Road Notified Area Councils.

The senior leaders deployed for campaigning include Pranab Prakash Das, Arun Sahoo, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Pratap Deb, Umakanta Samantaray, Pradip Majhi, Niranjan Pujari, Sanjay Das Burma, etc.

Notably, BJD President Naveen Patnaik has announced veteran leader and former minister Snehangini Chhuria as its candidate for the Nuapada Assembly by-election, to be held on November 11.