Tag: Lok Sabha Elections

It is unclear whether the Congress will release the entire list of candidates for all the Assembly and Lok Sabha seats or it will be done in a phased manner.

According to Pradhan, she did her assigned duties assiduously towards vibrant empowerment of women and in the field of protection of rights of children.

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

Election officials said in Itanagar that after the withdrawal of nominations in different seats, it was found that 10 BJP candidates won unopposed.

In a video statement, the actor-turned-politician said, "Today after listening to my inner voice, for self-respect and the respect of Korei residents, I have decided to quit BJD."

The choice of candidates in Puri, Cuttack and Kendrapara too must have caused greater celebration in the BJP camp than among the BJD cadres in these constituencies.

On March 24, the BJP announced the list of candidates for 18 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

It is pertinent to mention here that Behera was in Congress and later joined the BJP in 2019. Though he contested the polls in 2019 on BJP, he lost.

Bhartruhari Mahtab joined the saffron party formally at the party headquarters in New Delhi today.

The Congress’ social media incharge, Supriya Shrinate, in a now deleted post, made disparaging and derogatory remark against actress Kangana Ranaut, who is the BJP’s candidate from Mandi, while BJP MP, Dilip Ghosh, made offending remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.

Out of the total 15 Lok Sabha seats for which the party has declared candidates, it has fielded new candidates in as many as 11 seats. Of the nine names declared for Lok Sabha seats, only Kausalya Hikaka has been repeated in the Koraput seat.

Hours after announcing the first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly seats, the BJD released the second list of the candidates. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the names of the candidates for six more Lok Sabha seats.

Public buzz is back about why the ruling party has pitted a political newbie against an experienced BJP leader like Aparajita Sarangi, even though it was earlier speculated that the BJD was planning to field its general secretary Shreemayee Mishra against Sarangi.

Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik announced the names of the candidates for the Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.

I will work on every aspect to fulfill the 'Vikshit Bharat' dream of our Prime Minister, said BJP's Aparajita Sarangi.