Accompanied by the BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other senior ministers, the film actor filed two sets of nomination papers.
The seat fell vacant after A U Singhdeo, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha on February 7 last did not resign as an MLA within the due date to make it to the Upper House. He preferred to contest the Assembly elections again from Balangir
seat this time, but lost.
Odisha's young actor said "I'll work hard for the interests of my state."
Given the BJD's numerical strength of 117 in the 147-member Assembly, Anubhav's election is a foregone conclusion.
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