In Odisha, where the BJP will be contesting the election alone without BJD's support, the party fielded six-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab from Cuttack. Mahtav recently quit the BJD to join the BJP.
Three-time Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, will contest from Ludhiana and Sushil Kumar Rinku who recently left AAP has been fielded from Jalandhar.