Tag: Panchayat Elections

As many as 40 people were injured, including 17 seriously, after miscreants hurled bombs at booth no-IV in Alanda Panchayat in an attempt to capture the booth.

After exercising their franchise, the leaders urged the people to mandatorily cast their vote. 

WATCH | Voters Swarm Polling Centres To Cast Vote | Odisha Panchayat Elections 2022

WATCH | Odisha Panchayat Polls At Pink Booths In Bolangir

Following the Bolangir district Collector’s direction, the District Education Officer (DEO) has put the teacher under suspension.  

Ashwini Sethi has unsuccessfully been contesting as a ward member for last 35 years.

To exercise their franchise, a voter must have his/her name in the electoral roll of the ward where he/she is voting, said the Secretary of State Election Commission Rabindra Nath Sahu.

A look at the social media account of Tarinisen Padhan, a teacher in Bolangir district, will be enough to drive home the point. 

With anger in their belly, these voters have decided to stay off from the Panchayat elections. 

The villagers demanded the BDO to conduct a probe to identify and punish the culprits who are resorting to the gimmick to woo voters.

Former Union Minister and Balasore MP (BJP) Pratap Sarangi seems to have made it a point to go out of his way to secure victory for his party’s candidates.

The irate villagers carrying lathis chased Majhi’s car, intending to attack him when the BJD parliamentarian was on campaign trail.

With the Panchayat elections just a handful of days away, campaigning by candidates seems to have reached fever pitch in Odisha. 

Till a few days ago, boarding trains, going from compartments to compartments while seeking alms were all in a day’s work for Priya.

Believe it or not, Odisha's Buthipadar villagers came forward to help a candidate contesting the Panchayat polls, ostensibly to see him victorious