Odisha Municipal Elections

Since the campaigning will come to an end on Tuesday evening, the candidates appear to be in no mood to let the crucial hours go waste and are going out of their ways to woo the slum dwellers. 

A total of 309 mobile units will also be deployed for taking the required immediate action. Of the 309 units, 109 units will be specifically deployed in the three municipal corporations.

One commonality among the connoisseurs of the Odia delicacy was that their discussions largely centered around the issues facing their respected Wards and their choice of candidates for the upcoming BMC polls. 

The conspicuous absence of Opposition big shots from their campaign trail has puzzled political analysts. 

In the Silk City Berhampur, which is set for an extremely tight battle, campaigning is at fever pitch with candidates coming up with their manifesto, while the development cries of weaver community in the city have taken centre stage as one of the major poll issue.

In order to deal with the situation, the BJD party has now adopted a no tolerance policy against the rebels instead of negotiations.

With the election date is inching closer, Kalpana Majhi of BJD, Anuradha Agrawal of BJP and Tapaswini Behera of Congress are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. 

With the tragedy of the washing away of a Class X student in an open drain in Shatabdi Nagar under Ward no-51 last September still fresh in incident, the city residents wish the elected corporators and Mayor should address the issues. 

Rasogolla vendors on the outskirts of the Capital City are hopeful that the new lady Mayor to be elected for the Capital city in the forthcoming Urban Local Body election will look into their grievances and provide a long-term solution

Political analysts say that BJD is all set to cash in on the infighting within Opposition BJP and Congress

Though BJD has fielded Pradyumna Tripathy as its chairperson candidate for Barpali NAC, it is believed that infighting within the party may prove costly for the ruling party in the local poll

Every nook and corner of the city is now dotted with party-flags and life-size cut-outs, banners of candidates contesting the polls for the post of corporator and Mayor.

This corporation election, the residents of Cuttack have made a resolve to elect the candidate who would genuinely take steps to take steps to rid the Millennium city of mosquito problem. 

As many as 160 female candidates are contesting from 67 Wards under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Voters believe that the results of the recently concluded rural polls will have a direct impact on polling in the 31 Wards in Balasore municipality