National   

Congress announces list for Orissa

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday announced its candidates for 16 of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Orissa. In the case of the two lone seats it won in the 14th Lok Sabha, the party has decided to go along with its sitting members — Chandra Sekhar Sahu in Berhampur and Giridhar Gomang in Koraput.

The list includes three former Union Ministers: Srikant Jena in Balasore, Bhakta Charan Das in Kalahandi and Ramachandra Rath in Aska. Also two former MPs : Ananta Prasad Sethi in Bhadrak and Ranjib Biswal in Kendrapara.

Three former Ministers in the State have also been given ticket: Sriballabh Panigrahi in Sambalpur, Narasingh Mishra in Bolangir and B. Prasad Harichandan in Puri.

Others are Sanjay Bhoi in Bargarh, Dhananjay Sidhu in Keonjhar, Amiya Mallick in Jajpur, Bibhuti Bhushan Mishra in Cuttack, Rabindra Kumar Sethi in Jagatsinghpur and Santosh Kumar Mohanti in Bhubaneshwar.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Only an alternative government can reverse slowdown: Yechury
BJP: we’ll not seek political mileage from Pilibhit episode
A dangerous development
Congress sees BJP, BSP nexus
Pranab objects to Beijing’s remarks
Focussed primary health care can transform lives: Haines
Anti-Sikh riots case: CBI files final report
Anbumani, Velu quit Cabinet
Statehood under the scanner
The return of the voters
Cricket and commuting
The machine count
Mother tongue not enough here
Tough going for former naxals
Beat that Drumming up support
Muslims object to Chidambaram’s remark on Jaipur serial blasts
New light on Lala Lajpat Rai
Congress rule has ruined industries: Ajay Chautala
BJD finalises seat-sharing pact with allies
Congress announces list for Orissa
Gogoi’s charge
Navy gearing up to meet coastal security challenges
Against global warming
Celebrating Navratras
Temperatures fall in North
Guidelines for polls issued
‘Congress violating poll code’
‘Ensure poll code compliance’
Ragging probe report submitted
I am not a tourist, says Madan Lal
Filing papers
The race is on
Maneka Gandhi’s charge
Judicial custody for 3 in Soumya murder case
“Single smuggling activity no ground for preventive arrest”
Address water crisis urgently: court
Leopards in deep trouble
Nicole is here
“Suspend defence deal with Israel”
Phase-II of polls notified
Now, ‘Bhay Ho’
BJP cautions against fresh U.S. aid to Pakistan
Gogoi’s charge against NDA regime
Catwalk Campbell

Copyright © 2009, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu