The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday declared the names for the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections 2024. It has introduced 21 more candidates and fielded Dilip Ray from Rourkela. Earlier the BJP re-nominated 17 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha whereas saying the checklist of candidates for 112 of the 147 Assembly constituencies within the state. The get together dropped one legislator, Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, from Brahmagiri constituency in Puri district and fielded his niece Upasana from there.
Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal has fielded two octogenarian candidates for the state Assembly elections which might be held concurrently with the Lok Sabha polls. The BJD has fielded over 80-year-old Ramesh Chandra (*21*) from the Berhampur meeting seat in Ganjam district, from the place he was elected 5 occasions in a row until 2014. In the final election, he didn’t contest the election because the get together denied ticket to him (*21*) is the oldest candidate of the BJD within the state to date after the ruling get together declared his candidature. The BJD has to date introduced candidates for 108 of the 147 meeting seats and 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies within the state.
