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Kendrapada: Aravind Mohapatra, son of former minister and BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra, on Wednesday got the BJD ticket to contest from Patkura assembly.
Bhubaneswar: The BJD on Wednesday fielded Manmath Routray, who is the son of Congress veteran and Jatni MLA Suresh Routray, as its nominee for the Bhu.
Speculations are rife that BJD may field Manmath as its candidate either for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat or in the Jatani assembly segment. Manmath resigned as a pilot of Air India and returned to the state in January.