By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The by-election to Jharsuguda Assembly segment slated for May 10, is necessitated due to the murder of sitting BJD MLA Naba Das on January 29.The BJP has fielded youth leader Tankadhar Tripathy as its candidate for the bypoll
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw , Union Minister for Jal Shakti Bisheswar Tudu , BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal, party’s national vice president Baijayant Jay Panda and national spokesperson Sambit Patra have found place in the list of 40 star campaigners of BJP for the upcoming Jharsuguda by-election in Odisha.
MPs Jual Oram and Pratap Chandra Sarangi , Basanta Panda, Suresh Pujari, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo , Aparajita Sarangi , Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly Jaynarayan Mishra , National General Secretary Odisha In charge Sunil Bansal, senior leaders D. Purandeswari and Vijaypal Singh Tomar, have also been included in the list.
Former Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, former BJP Odisha unit president Samir Mohanty, former MP Kharavela Swain and MLAs Mohan Charan Majhi, Nauri Nayak, Subash Panigrahi, Mukesh Mahaling, Kusum Tete and Suraj Suryabanshi Sthitaprajan , Surama Padhi, Lekhasri Samantsinghar, Golak Prasad Mohapatra and Pruthviraj Harichandan were also in the list.