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The party is now working to rope in four more women for the remaining 12 seats.The BJD has fielded women in Sundargarh, Koraput and Aska Lok Sabha seats. “After Naveen announced that he would reserve seats for women, we have received several applications from women seeking candidature from BJD. Bhubaneswar: Keeping to his promise of reserving 33 per cent of the Lok Sabha seat tickets for women, chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik has already fielded three women for the nine parliamentary constituencies going to the polls in the first and second phases. She is expected to be the BJD candidate for Jajpur Lok Sabha seat,” said a party source. In Jagatsinghpur, BJD may pick from among Tirtol MLA Rajashree Mallick or women’s wing president Minati Behera.The BJD may also field women in Balasore, Keonjhar or Mayurbhanj seats..