The BJP on May 8 named former MLA Radharani Panda as its candidate for the May 31 bypoll to the Brajrajnagar Assembly seat in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district.
The central election committee of the BJP has decided to field Ms. Panda from the seat after careful considerations, a statement issued by the party said.
Ms. Panda had bagged the seat by defeating BJD candidate Anup Kumar Sai in 2014.