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Bhubaneswar, Oct 15 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday declared veteran leader and former minister Snehangini Chhuria as his candidate for the Nuapada Assembly by-election to be held on November 11.
“I would like to declare Snehangini Churiya a strong leader of Western Odisha, who has worked in our Biju Janata Dal ministry in the past and has also worked on many important departments and issues. She has always fought for the poor, Dalits and especially women. She has been a tremendous asset to the party; therefore, we have concluded in our party that she will be the candidate from Biju Janata Dal for the upcoming by-elections. Nuapada,” said Patnaik, who is also the leader of opposition in the state assembly.
He congratulated Chhuria for his past good works and assured the support of the party and all its leaders. The former CM also informed about going to Nuapada to campaign in support of Chhuria.
Patnaik said, “I congratulate him wholeheartedly for the many good works he has done in the past for the people of our state, especially the poor and women. We will all be there to support him and I will visit Nuapada.”
Meanwhile, two-time MLA Chhuria also expressed his gratitude to the party supremo for choosing him as the candidate for the by-election in Nuapada, expressing confidence in him.
“I have worked for the party and the people of Odisha, and I have previously served as party observer in Nuapada four times. The party has shown its confidence in me by announcing my candidature. I salute all the residents of Nuapada and am confident that the people of Nuapada will ensure my victory by an overwhelming margin. I pledge today that I will serve the people of Nuapada – my extended family – in happy moments.” “There will be sorrow and hardship till my last breath,” Chhuriya said.
He also said that the party will win the Nuapada elections by a huge margin, which symbolizes the victory of truth over untruth.
Earlier in the day, the ruling BJP declared Jai Dholakia, son of senior BJD leader late Rajendra Dholakia, as the party candidate for the Nuapada bypoll.
Meanwhile, Congress has named tribal leader Ghasiram Majhi as the party candidate for the by-election.
The Nuapada assembly seat had fallen vacant after the death of Dholakia’s father and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Rajendra Dholakia on September 8.
–IANS
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