To win an election, especially against a formidable rival like Naveen Patnaik, a party has to put in place three cardinal things - strategy, tactics and leadership.
The theme of 2022 has been what BJP couldn't do with PM Modi at the helm, Congress delivered it on ground by defeating BJD's all game-plan and strategies, at least in Koraput
Besides, the Machiavellian politics of BJD, BJP has lost support of backward class and farmers. BJD ran with the hare and hunted with the hound
A total of 2.2 lakh candidates contested in the elections. The SEC had declared 36,523 ward members, 126 sarpanch, 326 panchayat samiti members, and one Zilla Parishad member as uncontested winners.
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