The BJP fields word-warrior Sambit Patra to take on soft-spoken Pinaki Misra
PURI, THE SEAT of Lord Jagannath, failed to make itself a prime ministerial seat. Narendra Modi had thought of contesting there, but gave up the idea later. Yet, Puri remains one of Odisha's prime seats.
The two principal candidates of Puri are studies in contrast. Fighting for a fourth term there is the BJD's soft-spoken Pinaki Misra, scion of one of India's most illustrious judicial families which has given two chief justices to India. He had won the seat in 1996, 2009 and 2014. Pitted against him is the BJP's most acerbic spokesman, Sambit Patra.
Misra's grandfather Godabarish Misra was one of the founders of the Congress in Odisha. His father, Lokanath Misra, had veered away from the Congress to join C. Rajagopalachari's Swatantra Party and then the Janata Party. His uncle Ranganath Misra was chief justice of India and also a Congress MP later. Another uncle Raghunath Misra (father of former chief justice of India Dipak Misra) was a Congress MLA.
This story is from the April 28, 2019 edition of THE WEEK.
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