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BHUBANESWAR: The BJP on Monday announced former MP Kharabela Swain as its nominee for Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat hours after he returned to the party.Swain, who was elected to Lok Sabha from Balasore thrice earlier as BJP candidate, had left the party 10 years ago and formed his own outfit Utkal Bharat. I will contest from Kandhamal," Swain said hours before his name was formally announced.The Naveen Patnaik led BJD has fielded edu-entrepreneur and Rajya Sabha member Achyuta Samant from Kandhamal.Retired IPS officer Prakash Mishra, who joined the BJP on Sunday, was named party candidate from Cuttack Lok Sabha seat. He announced his return to the saffron fold in presence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan. India’s response to Pulwama terror strike was befitting.” He was speaking to BJP workers after joining the party here.About the situation in Odisha , Mishra, said “Governance in the state has attained a new low. I am joining the party impressed with his leadership..