Jharsuguda (Odisha), Apr 18 (PTI) Deepali Das, the daughter of the slain minister Naba Kishore Das, on Tuesday filed her nomination paper as a BJD candidate for the by-election to Jharsuguda assembly segment to be held on May 10.

The by-poll was necessitated following the murder of Naba Kishore Das on January 29.

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Accompanied by senior leaders of the ruling BJD, Deepali went to the Jharsuguda sub-collector's office in a procession and submitted her papers for the by-poll.

Deeplai received the party ticket from BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on April 15.

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Earlier, BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy and Congress nominee Tarun Pandey have filed their nomination papers for the by-election. All three candidates are political green-horns.

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