Bhubaneswar, Oct. 15 -- Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi today filed his nomination papers for the Nuapada Assembly by-election.
Majhi, accompanied by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das and other senior party leaders, submitted his nomination papers before the Returning Officer at Nuapada.
Majhi had contested the 2024 Assembly election from Nuapada as an Independent after being denied a Congress ticket.
He secured over 51,000 votes, finishing second, while Congress nominee and then state party president Sharat Pattnaik polled a little over 15,000 votes.
The BJP has announced Jay Dholkia, son of the late Rajendra Dholkia -a four-time MLA from Nuapada -as its candidate for the by-poll.
The by-election w...