By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, March 21, 2019: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday declared the first list of candidates across the country that include 10 candidates for Lok Sabha elections in Odisha.

They are: Jual Oram (Sundargarh), Ananta Nayak (Keonjhar), Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Rudra Narayan Pani (Dhenkanal), Sangita Kumari Singhdeo (Bolangir), Balabhadra Majhi (Nabaragnpur), Baijayant Panda (Kendrapara), Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar), Anita Priyadarshini (Aska) and Bhrugu Buxipatra (Berhampur).

The state has 21 Lok Sabha seats.

While Union Minister Jual Oram will contest from Sundargarh, from where he won in 2014 polls in slender margin, Baijayant Panda who quit the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) after being suspended will fight from the Kendrapara constituency.

Balabhadra Majhi who resigned from the BJD after denial of ticket will contest from Nabarangpur.

Rudra Narayan Pani will contest from Dhenkanal while Pratap Sarangi will fight from Balasore. Ananta Naik is the BJP candidate from Keonjhar and Sangeeta Singh Deo from Bolangir.

Aparajita Sarangi who quit IAS to join politics will fight from Bhubaneswar.