Bhubaneswar: The state BJP has formed two committees to conduct the by-elections in Baleshwar Sadar and Tirthol. The committee has 14 names for Balasore and 23 for Tirthol. The name has been finalized on the instructions of state president Sameer Mohanty, said Golak Mohapatra, general secretary.
The leaders on the committee for Balasore are Union ministers Pratap Sadangi, Manmohan Samal, Biswaswar Tudu, Golak Mohapatra, Vishnu Sethi, Raghunath Mohanty, Padmalochan Panda, Jay Narayan Mohanty, Mohan Majhi, Sukant Nayak, Kalandi Samal, Tankadhar Tripathi, Das, Ajay Kumar Mishra and Umakant Mohapatra. Amar Nayak, Dillip Mallick, Satyabrata Mohapatra, Pradeep Balsamanta, Babu Singh, Ashrit Patnaik, Alekh Jena, Gokulananda Mallick and Pradeep Patnaik.