BJD drops 24 sitting MLAs for 2024 Assembly polls in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has denied tickets to as many as 24 sitting MLAs for 2024 Assembly polls in Odisha.

The Naveen Patnaik-led party had altogether 112 MLAs in the 16^th Odisha Assembly that got elected in 2019.

The BJD has denied tickets to former ministers Raghunandan Das, Shashi Bhusan Behera, Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Samir Ranjan Dash, Padmini Dian and Bhupinder Singh.

The party also dropped sitting MLAs like Bijaya Shankar Das, Amar Prasad Satpathy, Sabitri Agarwalla, Bhagirathi Sethi, Ramesh Sai, Sunanda Das, Simarani Nayak, Jyotirindra Nath Mitra and Ananta Das.

Here is the full list:

1. Basta—Nityananda Sahu
2. Soro—Parshuram Dhada
3. Simulia—Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
4. Tirtol—Bijaya Shankar Das
5. Nimapara—Samir Ranjan Dash
6. Barchana—Amar Prasad Satpathy
7. Dharmgarh—Mousadhi Bag
8. Narla—Bhupinder Singh
9. Phulbani—Angada Kanhar
10. Patkura—Sabitri Agarawalla
11. Kendrapara—Shashi Bhusan Behera
12. Anandapur—Bhagirathi Sethi
13. Champua—Minakshi Mahanta
14. Potangi—Pitam Padhi
15. Chitrokonda—Purna Baka
16. Kuchinda—Kishore Nayak
17. Athamallik—Ramesh Sai
18. Bari—Sunanda Das)
19. Ersama-Balikuda—Raghunandan Das
20. Hindol—Simarani Nayak
21. Kotpad—Padmini Dian
22. Bhograi—Ananta Das
23. Khurda—Jyotirindra Nath Mitra
24. Korei—Ashok Bal