The party had earlier announced the names of candidates for 14 out of 146 assembly seats.
On Friday, BJP declared its candidate for Nilgiri assembly seat. Former Biju Janata Dal leader Santosh Khatua has been named as the party's candidate for the Nilgiri constituency.
Khatua resigned from BJD on Thursday, soon after the ruling party nominated former BJP leader and sitting MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak for the Nilgiri seat. Khatua had contested the last assembly elections in 2019 as a BJD candidate from Sam constituency. However, he lost to BJP candidate Nayak by a margin of only 1,577 votes.
Both the ruling BJD and the main opposition BJP have announced candidates for all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state.
Notably, Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. The results of voting for both Lok Sabha and Assembly will come on June 4.
On Friday, BJP declared its candidate for Nilgiri assembly seat. Former Biju Janata Dal leader Santosh Khatua has been named as the party's candidate for the Nilgiri constituency.
Khatua resigned from BJD on Thursday, soon after the ruling party nominated former BJP leader and sitting MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak for the Nilgiri seat. Khatua had contested the last assembly elections in 2019 as a BJD candidate from Sam constituency. However, he lost to BJP candidate Nayak by a margin of only 1,577 votes.
Both the ruling BJD and the main opposition BJP have announced candidates for all 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly seats in the state.
Notably, Assembly and Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. The results of voting for both Lok Sabha and Assembly will come on June 4.
