The polling in the constituency will take place on15th October. "Rudra Madhab Ray will be our candidate from Kandhamal. The central election committee of the party has approved his name," a senior BJP leader said.
The 77-year-old was named the party candidate a day after he joined the BJP.
Ray was a member of the state legislative assembly for three terms between 1990 and 2009 before being elected to the Lok Sabha on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket in 2009.
The BJD, however, denied him a ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and later suspended him for anti-party activities.
The by-poll in Kandhamal was necessitated following the death of BJD's Hemendra Chandra Singh.
The 77-year-old was named the party candidate a day after he joined the BJP.
Ray was a member of the state legislative assembly for three terms between 1990 and 2009 before being elected to the Lok Sabha on a Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ticket in 2009.
The BJD, however, denied him a ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and later suspended him for anti-party activities.
The by-poll in Kandhamal was necessitated following the death of BJD's Hemendra Chandra Singh.
Source: News in Hindi and Newspaper
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