Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will participate from Sambalpur seat
Bhubaneswar, Odisha:
The BJP on Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while four sitting MPs were dropped from the list.
The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies are yet to be named by the party.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will participate from Sambalpur seat.
The party has fielded four women: Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar), Sangeeta Kumari Deo (Bolangir), Malvika Keshari Deo (Kalahandi) and Anita Subhadarshini (Aska).
The sitting MPs who were denied BJP tickets this time are Suresh Pujari (Bargarh), Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu (Mayrbhanj), Nitish Gang Deb (Sambalpur) and Basant Panda (Kalahandi).
The party has nominated Pradeep Purohit in place of Pujari, while Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan replaced Nitish Gang Deb in Sambalpur.
Rairangpur MLA Naba Charan Majhi has replaced Bisheswar Tudu in Mayurbhaj’s seat. Malvika Keshari Deo will be the new candidate in place of Basant Kumar Panda in the Kalahandi LS seat.
The sitting MPs who have been retained are Jual Oram (Sundergarh), Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Balasore), Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bolangir) and Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar).
The other BJP candidates are Ananta Nayak (Keonjhar), Abhimanyu Sethi (Bhadrak), Rudra Pany (Dhenkanal), Baijayant Panda (Kendrapara), Balabhadra Majhi (Nabarangpur), Bibhu Tarai (Jagatsinghpur), Sambit Patra (Puri), Pradeep Panigrahy (Berhampur) and Kaliram Majhi (Koraput).
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