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BHUBANESWAR: BJD on Monday declared edu-entrepreneur Achyuta Samanta as its candidate from the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat for the general elections. "Naveen has been very calculative in selecting Achyuta Samanta for Kandhamal seat. Similarly, for Samanta the 2019 Lok Sabha election is an opportunity to enter into direct politics. I am sure I will fulfil the hope and trust that he has reposed in me ," Samanta added.Sources said BJD was in search of a new face for Kandhamal. The tribal-dominated Kandhamal had made news for riots against Christians in the 2000s.Samanta, founder of the KIIT and KISS group of institutions, was sent to the Rajya Sabha by BJD in 2018..