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For this I am sure people of Kandhamal will give their support and cooperation to me, Samanta added.Sources said, for Kandhamal BJD was in search of a new face. Similarly for Samanta the 2019 Lok Sabha election is an opportunity to enter into direct politics.Naveen Patnaik has very calculatedly selected Achyuta Samanta for Kandhamal seat. Bhubaneswar: BJD on Monday declared edu-entrepreneur Achyuta Samanta as its candidate from the Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 general elections.Samanta, founder of the KIIT and KISS group of institutions, will contest from the tribal-dominated Kandhamal, which made news for riots against Christians in the 2000s. I am sure I will fulfil the hope and trust that the CM has bestowed on me towards the development of Kandhamal. I am grateful to BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik for the honour..