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The fresh demand to award Bharat Ratna to former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik comes six days ahead of his birth anniversary, which coincides with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. More than 10,000 people have applied for Biju Janata Dal (BJD) tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha and the Odisha Assembly elections which will be held simultaneously, a senior party leader said. India News | More Than 10,000 People Have Applied for BJD Tickets for LS, Assembly Elections.
The Odisha assembly has a strength of 147 MLAs while there are 21 Lok Sabha MP seats in the state.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ahead of the simultaneous Odisha Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, former minister and four-time BJD legislator Debasis Nayak, and ex-Congress MLA Nihar Ranjan Mohananda on Sunday joined the BJP. India News | Two Former Odisha MLAs Join BJP.
Though three-time MLA Pradeep Panigrahy is facing cases over alleged corruption and cheating, he continues to wield clout in Ganjam, BJD stronghold and Naveen’s bastion