Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday unveiled its list of star campaigners for the ensuing by-election to Brajrajnagar assembly constituency in Jharsuguda district.
The list comprising 40 names in total include Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik among others.
The list also features- Pranab Prakash Das, Debi Prasad Mishra, Prasanna Acharya, Niranjan Pujari, Pratap Jena, Arun Kumar Sahoo, Pramila Mallik, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, Samir Ranjan Das, Naba Kishore Das, Susant Singh, Tukuni Sahu, Chandra Sarathi Behera, Dibya Shankar Mishra, Puspendra Singh Deo, Subash Singh, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Snehangini Chhuria, Sasmit Patra, Sujit Kumar, Muzibulla Khan, Rohit Pujari, Priti Ranjan Ghadei, Debesh Acharya, Rajendra Dholakia, Rita Sahu, Prasanta Behera, Nalinkanta Pradhan, Saroj Meher, Bikram Panda, Latika Pradhan, Pradeep Kumar Disari, Kishore Chandra Nayak, Akash Das Nayak, Yogesh Singh, Arindam Roy, Soubhagya Nayak and Baikuntha Nayak.
The Election Commission of India has announced May 31, 2022, as the date for the by-election to the Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency.
While the scrutiny will be conducted on May 12, the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is May 17. The counting of votes has been scheduled for June 3.
