rourkela the elections in sundargarh will see two sisters compete from rival parties while that is not unusual these women both poll debutants are no ordinary contestants they are daughters of former chief minister and veteran congressman hemananda biswalwhile sunita biswal is bjds candidate for the sundargarh lok sabha constituency her younger sister amita is congresss candidate for the eponymous assembly seat interestingly hemananda himself was elected as mp of sundargarh on a congress ticket in 2009the sisters will not contest directly against each other but the residents of the area are spoiling for a fight this has not affected their relationship though said the two women i am thankful that bjd chief naveen pattnaik has given me the opportunity to contest from sundargarh as part of his initiative to give more opportunity to women candidates said sunita i know that my sister and my father both represent congress but i will be fighting a battle of principle and i am confident of a victory she addedamita echoed her sister i am happy that i got the opportunity to contest from the sundargarh assembly seat on a congress ticket she said i will give my best in this election i will try to win as well as hope for the victory of congress mp candidate from sundargarh george tirkey she added my father is a congressman and i feel comfortable in the party she further saidamita cited examples of families with members in rivals parties we know about the balangir royal family k v singhdeo and his wife sangeeta are in bjp kvs uncle a u singhdeo and the latters son kalikesh are in bjd former congress cm and current bjp leader giridhar gamangs wife hema was in bjd a few years ago she said on being asked whom he would support hemananda quipped being a congressman i will work for congresss victory let my daughter sunita work for her partyalthough hemananda is a native of the laikera area in neighbouring jharsuguda district both sunita and amita have married into sundargarh families the seat votes on april 18