Bhubaneswar, October 9: Suryabanshi Suraj, son of late BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi, on Sunday named as the BJP candidate for the by-elections to the Dhamnagar Assembly constituency, scheduled on November 3.
The by-election was necessitated after the untimely demise of sitting BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi on September 19.
The BJP Central Election Committee announced the name of Suraj, the son of late BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi.
Suraj’s father had defeated ruling BJD candidate Rajendra Das by over 4,000 votes in the 2019 elections.
Suraj has already started campaigning in Dhamnagar after BJP president JP Nadda attended Das’s memorial meeting on September 30 at his native in Tihidi in Bhadrak district.
The ruling BJD and opposition Congress are yet to announce their candidates for the by-polls in Dhamnagar where the last date for filing nominations is October 14.
