Odisha, May 2 -- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today filed his nomination as the BJD MLA candidate for Kantabanji Assembly in Balangir district.

Accompanied BJD supporters and leaders including 5T Chairman VK Pandian, the BJD Supremo headed for the sub-collector's office at Titilagarh in a grand procession to file his nomination papers for the second time for the ensuing polls.

He reached Titilagarh City High School in a special chopper and went to the sub-collector's office.

The election to Kantabanji Assembly seat holds significance for the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as the regional party had finished third in the previous 2019 polls. After Patnaik announced to fight from Kantabanji apart from Hinjili in the forthcoming elections, ...