Hours after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party the former DGP Prakash Mistra has been named to contest for the prestigious Cuttack Lok sabha seat where a battle royal seems to be on the cards. On the other , Kharavela Swain, an erstwhile BJP leader who had deserted BJP few years back, on Sunday made a come-back to the saffron camp has been named to contest for the Kandhamal Lok sabha seat, where he shall be taking on Achyut Samant, purported to be a tribal well-wisher, as his main rival.
Prakash Mishra for Cuttack and Swain in Kandhamal Lok sabha seats
