SunstarTV Bureau: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ashrit Pattanayak filed his candidacy for the impending bypoll to Pipili Assembly Constituency in Odisha.
Yesterday, the BJP had announced him as the party candidate for Pipili bypoll.
Today,accompanied by his supporters observance to COVID-19 rules, Pattanayak reached the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Office in Puri and registered his candidacy papers for the bye-election scheduled on April 17.
Currently, Ashrit Pattanayak is the president of party’s Puri district unit. He had contested in the 2019 Assembly elections from Pipili, but lost to Biju Janata Dal (BJD)’s Pradeep Maharathy by 15,787 votes.
