By Our Correspondent
JHARSUGUDA/BHUBANESWAR: With ruling BJD’s Deepali Das and Main Opposition BJP;’s Tankadhar Tripathy are yet to file their nomination papers, Congress candidate Tarun Pandey has filed his nomination for Jharsuguda by-election on Saturday . He has filed his nomination before the Returning Officer of Jharsuguda.
Tarun Pandey came out in a procession in the presence of PCC president Sarat Patnaik, senior leader Bijay Patnaik and MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati among others. A large number of party workers and leaders were present at the time.
Meanwhile, the BJP announced to file nomination on April 17. BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy will be accompanied by state president Manmohan Samal, former president Samir Mohanty and Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari along with several party MPs and leaders during filing of paper. On the other hand, BJD’s Das, had received her ticket from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar.
