Tag: General Elections 2024

Ahead of the Odisha Elections 2024 vote counting, BJP, BJD, and Congress express strong confidence in winning.

In Odisha, a stringent three-layer security protocol will be enforced at vote counting centers for 21 Parliamentary and 147 Assembly constituencies.

To ward off such tragic and untoward incidents, district and police administration restricted victory processions, the use of DJ music and bursting of crackers as part of preventive measures.

Dharmasala and Kuakhia police registered cases against over 100 people in two cases. Dharmasala Police arrested six persons while Kuakhia police arrested 14 persons. All the accused were produced in court.

According to the CEO office, maintaining law and order and curbing post-poll violence is being given importance in the state. 70 more CAPF will be deployed across the state till June 6 as various parts of the state witnessed many incidents of violence before and during the elections.

According to the Exit Poll of India Today-Axis, the BJP may land with 62 to 80 Assembly seats while the same number of seats may be won by the ruling party. Congress was predicted to get 5 to 8 seats.

Though Exit Polls predicted an excellent electoral performance by the BJP in the Lok Sabha poll, two other parties - BJD and Congress - expressed doubts about the Exit Poll results and sounded confident about their good show this time.

In Bhadrak, Odisha, 10 Congress supporters were injured after an alleged attack by BJD workers post-poll at Basudevpur. The incident involved weapons and occurred amidst accusations of forced voting and threats at booth number 236.

Tension escalated in Morada, Mayurbhanj after BJP workers were allegedly attacked by BJD members. BJP MLA candidate Krushna Chandra Mohapatra staged a night-long dharna, causing disruptions at polling booth 190.

The victim's son Kunjaban Swain alleged, "My father was standing on the roadside. BJD leader Amar Parida ran his vehicle over my father. Some BJD leaders had earlier indulged in booth rigging and when I objected, they had beaten me.”    

According to the Exit Poll conducted by India TV, the BJP is expected to get 15-17 Lok Sabha seats out of 21, while 4-6 seats would go to the kitty of the BJD and Congress is expected to win one seat.

As soon as the BJD nominee reached booth-66 in Antia panchayat, supporters of Independent candidate Himansu Sahoo and other parties who had queued up for voting allegedly started shouting at the BJD leader and opposed his presence.

Abhisekh Panda, an injured worker said, “Our booth agent Sanjay Rout had gone and when we asked why the booth was being captured, they locked us inside and assaulted us. Though some police personnel were present, they remained mute spectators.

Debanshu Sahu, an Armed Force personnel, who had come to cast his vote along with his family, was allegedly attacked by some BJD workers

BJP National Vice-President and party’s Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda today appealed to voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers.