BHUBANESWAR: In President Droupadi Murmu's home district Mayurbhanj, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday sought votes for BJD saying he supported .
In at least 18 Assembly seats, BJD has replaced sitting MLAs or senior leaders with their wives or children, with party insiders saying that sidelining them completely might have led to some of them defecting to BJP
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Bhubaneswar: The BJD named six more assembly candidates in its seventh list released on Monday, denying tickets to four sitting MLAs and fielding wive.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday fielded two women as candidates in the Odisha Assembly elections instead of their husbands who were incumbent MLAs in the outgoing Assembly.