Tag: General Elections 2024

In the Dhenkanal Assembly seat, BJD candidate Sudhir Samal has mounted an intense campaign with the help of his son Jagdish and nephew Abinash. Incidentally, Abinash is also fighting the poll as BJD’s MP nominee from the Dhenkanal parliamentary seat. 

The BJP alleged that Congress is behind such doctored videos while BJD MP Nominee Pradeep Majhi has been spreading misinformation using these fake videos at the time of elections to draw political mileage.

Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi criticizes the BJD's governance in Odisha, claiming 'Odia Asmita' is at risk and accusing a 'young babu' of hijacking the state's governance. She highlights high unemployment rates and accuses the Chief Minister of outsourcing his duties, leading to a lack of direct communication and leadership within the state.

Senior party leader and former MLA of Kakatpur Surendra Sethi and two-time BJD MLA from Anandapur Bhagirathi Sethy resigned from the party expressing their displeasure over the denial of tickets this time. 

The Chief Minister has immovable properties worth Rs 57 crore, including the Naveen Niwas building and land worth Rs 13.66 crore and his house at Abdul Kalam Road in New Delhi worth Rs 43.36 crore.

BJP’s state president Manmohan Samal and Vice President Golak Mohapatra also joined Union Minister Dhermendra Pradhan in attacking BJD over its leader VK Pandian’s statement.

During his visit to Ghatagaon Maa Tarini temple on Tuesday, Patnaik told media persons, "I have received a proposal from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to contest from here. Besides, local people are pleading with me to contest elections.”

BJP leader Balabhadra Majhi said, “This shows the shallow attitude of the BJD. The allegation made against the Home Minister is fictitious. Such allegations based on a doctored video are meant to scare people and to extract votes from them.”

The biggest corruption in Odisha is the chit fund scam. If a BJD leader is found involved in any crime, the party is giving ticket to his/her son/daughter, alleged BJP leader Sajjan Sharma.

BJD candidate Jagannath Saraka, BJP candidate Jagannath Nudruka, Congress nominee Nilamadhab Hikaka and Independent candidate Nilamadhab Ulaka are in the fray in the Bissam Cuttack Assembly seat in Rayagada.

For the first time since the state was formed as a language-based independent state in 1936, language, literature and culture are going to dominate the poll narrative. 

As a part of its strategy, the grand old party has lined up prominent and veteran leaders like Priyanka Gandhi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, who will hit the campaign trail for their party nominees in the south, where a major chunk of the electorate are Telugu speaking people. 

The DGP said, "There is provision of airlifting of manpower and material to inaccessible areas. Some booths are inside the Sunabeda sanctuary. Poll parties will be air-dropped there.”

Because of the delay in the announcement of the names of candidates for Nilagiri Assembly seat, the aspiring candidates of BJP. BJD and Congress are in two minds about launching their full-fledged campaigning.

Odisha's political parties are flooding social media platforms with short videos like - Reels & Shorts.