Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has nominated 40 star campaigners for the ensuing bye-election to Dhamnagar Assembly Constituency scheduled on November 3.
The party has released the list of 40 star campaigners including Naveen Patnaik, Paranab Prakash Das, Prasanna Acharya, Pramila Mallick, Pratap Keshari Deb, Sulata Deo, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi and Muktikanta Mandal.
The selected leaders will campaign for the BJD candidate Abanti Das in the bye-election.
However, party leaders such as Pratap Jena and Anubhav Mohanty have been excluded from the list.
Here’s the list of BJD star campaigners for Dhamnagar bypoll in Bhadrak district:
| 1. Naveen Patnaik |
| 2. Pranab Prakash Das |
| 3. Prasanna Acharya |
| 4. Debi Prasad Mishra |
| 5. Ranendra Pratap Swain |
| 6. Prafulla Samal |
| 7. Pramila Mallick |
| 8. Pratap Keshari Deb |
| 9. Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak |
| 10. Ashok Chandra Panda |
| 11. Amar Pasad Satpathy |
| 12. Arun Kumar Sahoo |
| 13. Pritiranjan Gharai |
| 14. Rajendra Dholkia |
| 15. Snehangini Chhuria |
| 16. Sudam Marndi |
| 17. Pranab Balabantaray |
| 18. Byomokesh Ray |
| 19. Dibya Shankar Mishra |
| 20. Aswini Patra |
| 21. Mujibullah Khan (Muna) |
| 22. Sarmistha Sethi |
| 23. Manjulata Mandal |
| 24. Sulata Deo |
| 25. Devi Ranjan Tripathy |
| 26. Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi |
| 27. Parsuram Dhada |
| 28. Ashok Bal |
| 29. Sunanda Das |
| 30. Akash Dasnayak |
| 31. Muktikanta Mandal |
| 32. Satyabrata Tripathy |
| 33. Arundam Ray |
| 34. Sanjeeb Mallick |
| 35. Bishnubrata Routray |
| 36. Srimayee Sweta Snigdha Mishra |
| 37. Chinmay Sahoo |
| 38. Amresh Patri |
| 39. Elina Das |
| 40. Sofia Alam |