Tag: Odisha Panchayat Polls

People of nine panchayats of Swabhiman Anchal under the Chitrakonda block of the district will cast vote and elect their representatives on February 24.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought forth the issue of OBC candidature once again on Thursday following the release of the final list of candidates who will contest the three tier Panchayat polls in Odisha.

The manifesto contains a 22-point charter which the saffron party promises to deliver if its’ candidates emerge victorious in the three tier Panchayat polls in Odisha.

The election is almost over for BJD candidate Kalpana Pradhan from Ambabhona Block Zone-2 in Bargarh district who is all set to be declared as the winner of the ZP unopposed.

“I filed nomination from my village, but the Block Development Officer (BDO) rejected my nomination stating I am unable to read and write,” alleged Sabar. “I can read and write using Braille which is an internationally accepted language for visually impaired persons,” he added. 

However, this will be the final chance for the candidates to file their nominations for the forthcoming Panchayat polls. If there are still some places with no nominations, the State government will select the Sarpanchs and Samiti members for those seats

An aspirant for Sarpanch post, Gouri Munda alleged that she had approached the senior leader for his support.

All the equations set up to keep the Andhra Pradesh administration away from sabotaging the election in Kotia, seem to have fallen flat with the filling of nomination by these two independent candidates.

As many as 8,648 nomination papers submitted by candidates for election to various positions in the three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutions in Odisha were rejected during scrutiny on Sunday.

Electoral politics has been like a game of Snakes and Ladders across the globe with political figures witnessing many ups and downs in their career.

There are more than 5,000 eligible voters in 13 wards of 28 revenue villages and 12 other villages in Kotia panchayat which will go to the polls on February 18.

Behera was a two-time former Minister and held important portfolios like Handloom and Women's and Child Welfare Department of the State government

As many as 1,62,297 aspirants have filed nominations for the post of ward member while 34,613 nominations were filed for the post of Sarpanch

The family of former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamango is one such example. For the last 56 years, members of the Gamango family have been retaining the Khilapadar Sarpanch post.

Terming the the incident as 'unfortunate', Majhi condemned the inaction of the administration towards the violators.