Tag: Odisha Panchayat Polls

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.

The villagers, who boycotted the polls, have been facing information blockade due to lack of cellular connectivity in absence of a mobile network

In an exclusive interview to OTV, IG (Southern Range) Satyabrata Bhoi said already clear instructions have been issued to the Superintendent of Police to keep a close watch on the incidents of violence.

While the police are yet to nab the attackers, the law and order situation in the district seems to be deteriorating.

The directive came in the backdrop of reports of alleged auction of the Sarpanch post for Rs 44,000 at Bileisarda village under Puintala block of Bolangir district.

After not receiving any satisfactory answers from the Election Officer, the villagers locked up him before staging a demonstration,