Bhubaneswar, March 23 -- Amid an intensified exercise by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to select prospective candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the party's Puri district unit president Dibakar Patra announced the names of MLA nominees for Satyabadi and Bramhagiri Assembly seats on Saturday.

During a merger ceremony at the Sankha Bawan, Patra said that former MLA Sanjay Dasburma will surely come out victorious in the Satyabadi Assembly segment and incumbent Satyabadi MLA Umakant Samantaray will win in Brahmagiri.

Patra also asserted, "We will ensure victories for both the leaders by massive vote margins."

He also sounded confident about the BJD's sixth victory in a row. "Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is going to b...