Violence Erupts In Puri, Ganjam Ahead Of Panchayat Elections In Odisha

In another incident, some miscreants allegedly attacked BJD’s Zone-24 Zilla Parishad candidate Dharnidhar Sahu while he was campaigning at Potal village under Pipili block of Puri district on Monday.

Violence Erupts In Puri, Ganjam Ahead Of Panchayat Elections In Odisha

As many as eight people sustained injuries in separate pre-poll violence at different places in Odisha on Monday.

Ahead of the elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj bodies, the political atmosphere boiled down to a serious confrontation between two groups of supporters from different political parties at Basudevpur in Digapahandi block of Ganjam district yesterday.