Bhubaneswar, April 10 -- The ruling BJD this time has opted for a new experiment by swapping the home constituencies of several leaders and fielding them in a new constituency ahead of the 2024 elections.

The BJD has swapped the constituencies of Sanjay Das Burma and Uma Samantaray in Brahmagiri and Satyabadi. Similarly, the party has roped in Bhadrak MLA Sanjib Mallick for the Bhandaripokhari Assembly seat. Bhandaripokhari MLA Prafulla Samal will contest the polls from the Bhadrak Assembly constituency.

Not only these four Assembly segments, but the BJD has fielded Prakash Behera, who holds sway in Salipur, in the Barabati-Cuttack Assembly seat.

Under such circumstances, questions remain whether the strategy of the BJD to swap constit...