Bhubaneswar: Former Padampur MLA Pradip Purohit will be the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming bypoll to the Padampur assembly constituency in Bargarh district, informed party’s Sundargarh MLA Kusum Tete on Friday.
Purohit will reportedly file nomination for the bypoll on November 14. Tete said that some party leaders have been asked to remain present during the occasion.
It is pertinent to mention that the voting for the bypoll will be held on December 5. The last date of filing nomination papers is November 17 while scrutiny of the papers will be held on November 18.
