Brajrajnagar ByPoll: BJD Fields Alaka Mohanty as Candidate

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today announced its candidate for by-poll to Brajrajnagar Assembly Constituency in Jharsuguda district of Odisha.

The ruling party fielded Alaka Mohanty, the wife of late MLA Kishore Kumar Mohanty,  as its MLA candidate for the by-poll scheduled on May 31, 2022. On Sunday, opposition BJP had announced Radharani Panda as its MLA candidate for the bye-election.

Earlier, Congress had nominated Kishore Patel for the by-poll to Brajrajnagar. Alaka will contest the election against BJP’s Radharani Panda and Congress’ Kishore Patel.