Bhubaneswar: The Congress released the names of its candidates for 3 more Lk Sabha constituencies and 16 Assembly seats in Odisha on Saturday.
KC Venugopal, general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC), in a press release announced the names of party candidates.
The Congress has nominated Dulal Chandra Pradhan for Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, Mohan Hembram for Keonjhar and Debakant Sharma for Aska.
Following is the list of Congress candidates for 16 Assembly seats:
Jharsuguda: Amita Biswal
Badasahi: Kshirod Chandra Patra
Sukinda: Bibhu Bushan Rout
Kantamal: Sarat Kumar Pradhan
Kendrapara: Shipra Mallick
Rajanagar: Ashok Pratihari
Mahakalapada: Loknath Moharathy
Nimapara: Siddharth Routray
Pipili: Gyan Ranjan Patnaik
Jayadev: Krushna Sagaria
Khurda: Sonali Sahoo
Chilika: Pradeep Kumar Swain
Khandapada: Manoj Kumar Pradhan
Daspalla: Nakul Nayak
Kabisuryanagar: Sanjaya Kumar Mandal
Gopalpur: Shayam Sundargarh Sahu
With this, the Congress has announced its candidates for 138 Assembly seats out of the total 147 constituencies in the state.
Earlier in the day, the BJD released its 6th list of 9 candidates for Assembly elections. While BJD has nominated its leaders for 135 seats, the BJP has announced 131 candidates.
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