Tag: Odisha Assembly Election

Anything can happen but first, let's see if we will fight alone or go along with the BJD... If we go alone, we will fight to form the government - Shah

Earlier, Rajnagar MLA Ansuman Mohanty joined the BJD after quitting the Congress.

A key meeting of the sarpanchs and zilla parishad members from Brahmagiri and Satyabadi was held at the Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar in the presence of the party’s organizational secretary, Pranab Prakash Das. 

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak launched a broadside against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his open letter.

Khariar’s sitting MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi has snapped 25-year-long relationship with the Congress and resigned from the primary membership of the party.

The BJD veteran said, "A meeting was held at Naveen Niwas yesterday. There was an elaborate discussion about the Chilika Assembly seat. Chilika is my village. I have been elected as MLA four times from the neighbouring Khordha Assembly seat. The relation between Chilika and Banpur is very old.”

Bhrugu Jyotish, Sridhar Acharya has predicted that the polling on Mondays won't be troublesome for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Sons of several BJD ministers, MLAs and leaders are in the race for party tickets and are keen to try their luck. Such new generation leaders have already started work on strengthening organisation in their own constituencies

The senior BJP leader further said that the party needs to keep its strategy ready for the upcoming polls. However, the state unit cannot decide anything as far as the alliance with the BJD is concerned.

After living on sufferance for years, the villagers’ pent-up anger may find an outlet this election as they are determined to boycott polls. 

While the MCC enforcement was a bit fast in Rourkela, it was found to be dead slow in Bhubaneswar.

BJD leader Arup Patnaik, who had unsuccessfully contested in the Bhubaneswar  Lok Sabha segment, may be given a party ticket from the Puri LS seat while veteran leader Prasanna Patasani may be fielded from the Chilika Assembly seat, reliable sources said.  

For polling in Maoist areas, the senior official said that soon a meeting with Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh officials will be held and necessary action will be taken in this regard.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Oram said, “There is no confusion among party workers over any alliance. We have sent a list to the Central leadership and everything will be done as per their decision.”

The three parties are weighing the pros and cons of the candidates of three categories – youth, women and senior leaders -- apart from their winnability. All three parties have multiple ticket hopefuls in almost all Assembly seats, as per reports.