Mineral rich District, Jharsuguda is one of the most industrially developed District of Odisha. Jharsuguda District was established on 1st January, 1994. Earlier it was a part of Sambalpur District. It was created by amalgamation of the erstwhile Jamindars of Rampur, Kolabira, Padampur and Kudabaga. Major portion of the land area covering hilly region has a radish stony soil. The economy of the Jharsuguda District can be judged through its natural resources. The District is rich in minerals like coals, quartzite and fire clay. Several industrial units like Vendanta Alumina, Bhusan Steel and Power, TATA Refractories are operating in the District that contributes to the economic growth of the District. There are also some major forest products like Kendu leaves, wood, rice and leather that also contribute significantly to the economy of Jharsuguda District.
While just one day is to go for the Jharsuguda bypoll, a high drama unfolded on Sunday with Laikera Zone-1 ex-Zilla Parishad member Lokendra Rout joining the BJP in the morning and returning to the BJD in the evening.
The campaigning by the political parties has hit the fever pitch in Jharsuguda as the time for campaigning will end today evening.
“The state government has to answer why an on-duty police officer killed a sitting minister. The government has to answer what is the motive behind the murder,” said Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan while addressing a gathering in the district.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that the conch party is implementing the Padampur model in the Jharsuguda bypoll.
As the polling date for the Jharsuguda by-election is inching closer, the political hostility between the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting more intense.
Sahu joined the conch party at its new office in Bhubaneswar. The move by Sahu came just a week ahead of the Jharsuguda bypoll.
For Congress candidate Tarun Pandey, both his mother and sister are now busy campaigning for him. Tarun’s sister Sarita stays in Mumbai and she is now in Odisha to assist her brother. Similarly, Tarun’s mother Tarulata said that her husband and former MLA Birendra Pandey’s election management will certainly help her son this time.
Coming down heavily on the BJD government, Panda said, “Bad governance is prevalent in the State for the past 23 years. Odisha has witnessed a 1000 times rise in the crime rate in the last one decade. Be it Mamita Meher, Naba Das or minor boy Samarth Agarwal kidnapping and murder case, the State is witnessing such crimes frequently.”
Mishra tendered his resignation to the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Chief, Sarat Patnaik, and forwarded the copies to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Mallikarjun Kharge
The campaign vehicle of the BJP was allegedly ransacked at Mangalabazaar in Jharsuguda on Sunday. As per the allegations, the BJD workers were behind the attack and also abused and thrashed the BJP members campaigning for their candidate, Tankadhar Tripathy.
According to information, in the last 10 to 12 years, Odisha has registered the highest growth in crime rate in the whole nation. We the people of Odisha are being the victims of this increasing crime graph," said BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Odisha Prabhari Sunil Bansal had a meeting with the members of the core committee. He had a brainstorming session with party chief Manmohan Samal, former president Samir Mohanty, MPs Jual Oram and Suresh Pujari and party candidate Tankadhar Tripathy.
Launching a broadside on the ruling BJD, the BJP on Saturday raised questions over the snail-pace Crime Branch probe into the sensational killing of the top BJD leader and accused the probing agency of trying to prove that the prime accused Gopal Das is 'mentally unstable'.
The political parties are well aware that the party which will be able to garner the maximum votes from these two sections will be in a favorable position.
Pradhan, who visited the poll-bound Jharsuguda district yesterday, targeted the Naveen Patnaik-led government alleging that the party is being run by two bureaucrats who are not even from Odisha.
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