Bhubaneswar, April 26 -- Late Bed Prakash Agarwalla's son Sanjay Agarwalla is likely to get Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket to contest the polls from Patkura Assembly Constituency.

Source said that the top brass in the BJD decided to nominate Sanjay from Patkura to give a tough fight against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leader Bijay Mohapatra in the elections 2019.

As only few days left for filing nomination for Patkura Assembly polls scheduled on May 19 in seventh phase of elections 2019, Sanjay has been asked to keep all the documents ready. The announcement for his nomination from BJD will be made shortly, the source said.

The last date for filing nomination is May 1 and the final date for withdrawing candidature is May 4. The...