Odisha Panchayat Election

The three-tier Panchayat elections in Odisha will be held in five phases starting from February 16, 2022. 

Drawing lessons from 2017, CM Patnaik enacted 'Sop' opera to win over teachers, water scarcity hit villages and unemployed

The counting of votes, which will be done at Block sadar level, will be held on February 26, 27 and 28; the model of conduct has come into effect in the State from today

The Opposition political parties have demanded postponement of the polls for the third wave of the pandemic and lack of reservation for ST and OBC candidates

After the publication of the gazette notification, the State government is likely to announce the date of the forthcoming panchayat elections at any moment following the conclusion of the all-party meeting. 

The CM doubled the one-time incentive for retired Anganwadi workers from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000.

SRC Pradeep Jena said the current Covid situation in the State was discussed among the SEC and the Chief Secretary, Health Department officials, ACS and other concerned officials.

The Zilla Parishad chairman posts in seven districts--Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri, Rayagada, and Sundargarh have been reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Tribe category.

OBC Reservation Row: Protesting BJP Workers Storm Into District Collector’s Office

It may be noted here that a political slugfest has erupted ever since the draft reservation list was released by the State government without making any provision for the reservation of seats for OBC lass candidates in the upcoming Panchayat elections.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha on Wednesday released the final electoral rolls of the eligible voters ahead of the elections to the three-tier Panchayati Raj bodies in the State.

Thousands of members belonging to the OBC Front blocked a road too disrupting vehicular traffic for quite some time before submitting a memorandum to the Additional Collector.

The members of the outfit- Paschim Odisha Adivasi Kalyan Sangha- took out the rally and held a Maha Meli (meeting) in front of the office of the district Collector. They alleged that their community has been sidelined in the reservation of seats for candidates in the forthcoming elections.

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The party also raised questions on the effectiveness of the State OBC Commission and termed it ‘a failure’ which could not put the interests of the OBCs in the front.

The BJP alleged that the BJD's announcement to give preference to OBC candidates in the forthcoming panchayat polls is only to lure the community.

Party's organisational secretary Pranab Prakash Das moved the resolution which was unanimously supported and subsequently approved by party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

The State government has promulgated the Ordinance ‘The Odisha Panchayat Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021’ to amend ‘The Odisha Grama Panchayats Act, 1964’, ‘The Odisha Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959’ and ‘The Odisha Zilla Parisad Act, 1991’.

The Odisha government on Friday re-published the draft list of reservations for the post of Zilla Parishad (ZP) Presidents across the State ahead of the forthcoming elections to the Panchayat Elections.

As per the list released by the SEC, no seat has been reserved for backward class in 14 districts of the State. Similarly, there is only one seat reserved for the backward class in Boudh district while two seats are reserved for the category in Subarnapur district.

The Congress alleged that the BJD seems to be engaged in giving alms to people and buying votes instead of thinking about the development of Odisha.

The government informed the Orissa High Court that it will issue a fresh notification regarding the reservation of seats on December 27.

BJP said that CM Naveen is talking about air health services in Odisha when even the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar doesn't have adequate number of doctors

An all-party meeting will be held before announcement of dates for the Odisha Panchayat Polls likely to be held earlier next year (2022), informed the Secretary of the Odisha Chief Election Commissioner

While the dates for the ensuing Panchayat polls in Odisha are yet to be announced, all major political parties in fray have set out on an inauguration spree anticipating enforcement of the model code of conduct (MCC) anytime in the near future.