BHUBANESWAR: Congress has announced that senior leader Suresh Mohapatra will be its candidate for the Athagarh Assembly seat, by-poll for which will be held on March 18. Mohapatra had contested the 2009 Assembly election from the Cuttack-Barabati constituency unsuccessfully.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has already announced former minister Ranendra Pratap Swain as its candidate for the by-poll.