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The saffron celebration has up to now introduced candidates for 140 out of the 147 meeting segments (PTI/File)
These turncoats are Seemarani Nayak (Hindol), Arindam Roy (Salipur), Geetanjali Sethi (Kendrapara), and Prasant Jagdev (Khurda)
The BJP on Saturday introduced the names of eight extra candidates for the meeting polls in Odisha, with 4 of them being former members of the ruling BJD who switched allegiance to the saffron celebration just lately.
These turncoats are Seemarani Nayak (Hindol), Arindam Roy (Salipur), Geetanjali Sethi (Kendrapara), and Prasant Jagdev (Khurda).
Jagdev, previously a BJD MLA from Chilika, was ousted from the celebration earlier than he joined the BJP. Roy is a well-liked Odia actor.
The remaining candidates introduced by the celebration are Fakir Mohan Naik (Telkoi), Murali Manohar Sharma (Champua), Rabindra Andia (Basta), and Banikalyan Mohanty (Basudevpur).
The saffron celebration has up to now introduced candidates for 140 out of the 147 meeting segments, the BJD has declared 141 candidates, whereas the Congress has put forth 138 aspirants for the polls, slated to be performed in 4 phases from Could 13 to June 1.
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