Bhubaneswar (Odisha): [India], After the results of the assembly elections in Odisha were declared, the newly elected MLAs and MPs of the state expressed happiness and gratitude towards the people for electing them and pledged to work for the betterment. His constituency.

Speaking to ANI, Sophia Firdous, the first Muslim woman elected as MLA in Odisha by winning the Barabati-Cuttack seat, said, "I am proud of my city Cuttack. I was born and brought up in Cuttack. The people of Cuttack are the people." He trusted his daughter and he voted for me.”

He further said, "I have always promoted my culture, my food, my textiles, my clothes, my festivals widely in social groups as well as in the social media sphere."

Congress's Sophia Firdous defeated BJP's Purna Chandra Mohapatra by 8,001 votes.

BJP's Brahmagiri MLA Upasana Mahapatra, who is the youngest MLA in the state at the age of 26, also expressed her gratitude towards the people and said, “I am grateful to the people of my constituency, my soil, my Brahmagiri. , , who gave me his blessings and allowed me to be his voice and represent him as the youngest MLA in the state.