After BJP’s Surprise Win in 2019, Bhubaneswar’s Hot Seat Poised for Tight Triangular Fight in Lok Sabha Polls

In 2019, when Lok Sabha and assembly elections were held simultaneously in Odisha, there was a straight fight between the BJP and BJD for the Bhubaneswar parliamentary seat. BJP candidate, former IAS officer Aparajita Sarangi, managed to wrest the constituency from the BJD. This time, the Congress, which didn’t field a candidate in 2019, is also entering the fray