Berhampur: Ruling Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik Tuesday filed his nomination papers from Hinjili seat in Ganjam district for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.
Accompanied by ministers and party leaders including his close aide Kartik Pandian, the chief minister reached the sub-collector’s office at Chhatrapur and submitted his papers for the sixth time seeking re-election from the Hinjili Assembly segment.
Patnaik has earlier been elected as a legislator from the Hinjili Assembly segment five times in a row since 2000.
Hinjili comes under the Aska Lok Sabha seat and will go to polls May 20.
Along with Hinjili, Patnaik, this time will also contest from the Kantabanji Assembly segment in Bolangir district.
PTI