Sisir Kumar Sahu, the Vice Chairman alleged that he was attacked by independent candidate Arati Pradhan’s husband and his associate.
The Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) has informed that the average voter turnout in 3 Municipal Corporations of the State is 21 percent while around 32 percent of total voters have exercised their franchise in other urban local bodies in an average till 12 pm on Thursday.
Polling for the much-awaited Odisha Urban Local Bodies (ULB) polls has begun. Over 40.55 lakh voters will cast their votes for 106 ULBs and 3 Municipal
BJP worker from Ward No-10 of Jaleswar Municipality, Rajeswar Andiya was standing near a temple on Wednesday evening when some youths allegedly attacked him with knives.
It was alleged that the BJD activists were found distributing Rs2,000 per voter in Keonjhar.
As many as 30 platoons of police force will be deployed in Bhubaneswar to maintain law and order issues during the elections. Similarly, 20 and 10 platoons of police force will be deployed in Cuttack and Berhampur, respectively
As many as 109 ULBs including three Municipal Corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur will go to polls on March 24
The injured have been admitted to Keonjhar District Headquarters Hospital in a critical condition
Old timers in the Capital city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar rue lack of concrete development vision in the plans of candidates vying to win the public mandate
As the polling date for the Odisha Urban elections in Odisha inches closer, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) seems to have found itself in a tight situation with rebel candidates throwing open challenge to the party leadership.
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.
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