Bhubaneswar, May 6 -- Daughters of some prominent politicians will make their electoral debut in the upcoming Assembly polls in Odisha.

The daughters of three well-known Congress leaders-Mohammed Moquim, Devendra Sharma and Bhujabal Majhi-will try their luck for the first time in the 2024 Assembly polls in the state.

Similarly, the daughters of former Congress heavyweight Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra and former legislator Nandini Devi will make their electoral debut on BJP and BJD tickets respectively.

The Congress party has picked Barabati-Cuttack MLA Mohammed Moquim's daughter Sofia Firdous from the same seat for the 2024 Assembly polls following the conviction of the legislator in a loan fraud case.

Sofia, a BTech and MBA degree h...