Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday decided to field Anjani Soren as the party's candidate from Odisha's Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming 2024 elections.

With this, the fight between the ruling BJD, Opposition BJP and JMM is going to be an intense one, sources said.

Anjani will lock horns with BJP's Naba Charan Majhi and BJD's Sudam Marndi. Interestingly, Marndi was once at the helm of the affairs as far as the functioning of JMM in Odisha is concerned.

JMM's Odisha unit spokesperson Shivaji Moulik has recently announced that Anjani will be given a ticket from the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat and it has been decided in the party meeting under the chairmanship of Jharkhand CM Champai Soren.

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