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Corporator Amaresh Jena has been lobbying hard for a ticket for the Bhubaneswar-Central seat. He had earlier made some unsavoury remarks about the MLA during a power show.

BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday released the second list of candidates for Assembly and third list of candidates for Lok Sabha seats.

While Dilip Tirkey is contesting from Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket, Prabodh Tirkey, former captain of the Indian men’s Hockey team, is from Talasara Assembly constituency on a Congress ticket.

Two-time BJD MP from Berhampur and Ollywood actor, Sidhant Mohapatra after joining the BJP was fielded as the party’s MLA nominee from the Digapahandi Assembly seat while two-time BJD MLA of Khallikote, Purnachandra Sethi has been given a chance to contest from the same seat on a BJP ticket. 

Speculations are rife that Ganeswar Behera may join the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the ruling party may consider his name for Kendrapara Assembly constituency.

A number of rebel candidates in several constituencies has become headache for Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has fielded Congress leaders like Anshuman Mohanty, Jatani MLA Suresh Routray’s son Manmath Routray and Pradeep Majhi in Kendrapara, Bhubaneswar and Nabarangpur respectively.  

BJP leader Golak Mohapatra said, "The BJD should first announce the names of the candidates for 147 Assembly seats. Why the BJD is having a headache for our candidates. Is the ruling party waiting for imported leaders? That is why it is not announcing the candidates for the remaining 75 seats.”

In 2014, BJP leader Jual Oram and BJD leader Dilip Tirkey had locked horns in Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat and they are in the fray after 10 years

The Congress has not at all come out with its lists of candidates for LS and Assembly seats. In certain seats, the three parties have adopted a wait-and-watch policy, though they say that their candidates have been selected. 

Challenging the leadership of MLA Raghunandan Das, BJD leader Soumyajit Mohapatra, who is aspiring for a party ticket, organised a roadshow at Naveen Niwas on Sunday, pressing for his ticket lobby.

So, what led to a sudden turnaround just weeks ahead of the elections? If sources are to be trusted, multiple ground surveys commissioned by the party suggested that the projection of Mr. Pandian as the possible ‘successor’ to Naveen Patnaik is not going down well with the electorate.

The six-time Cuttack MP recently quit the ruling BJD after expressing displeasure over the party's functioning and affairs.

Biswal is the son of Congress stalwart Basant Kumar Biswal. He submitted his resignation letter to Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak yesterday.

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is grappling with rebel problem in Bhubaneswar North, Central and Ekamra constituencies.