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Grappling with financial constraints and contending against a well-funded opposition, former Congress MLA in Odisha, Debendra Sharma, has voiced his worries regarding the insufficient financial backing from the Congress party. He pointed to the freezing of party accounts by the IT department.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal decided not to form any alliance with any party, ending speculations that it may ally with the BJP.
The development comes hours after the Bhartiya Janta Party announced that it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls in the state which means there will be no alliance between the BJP and Naveen Patnaik-led BJD.
The Assembly elections would be held in Odisha in four phases from May 13 to June 1. The counting of all constituencies will be done on June 4 and the date before which the elections shall be completed is June 4.
The Pipili assembly segment is considered as the fort of the ruling BJD as its member Pradeep Maharathy won the seat five times in a row from 2000.
Monday was the last date for the filing of nominations.
Ruling BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwal has established a lead of 11,791 votes over her nearest BJP nominee Bijoy Mohapatra in Patkura Assembly constituency where polling was held on July 20, an election official said on Wednesday.
Polling to Odisha's Patkura assembly seat got underway at 7 am on Saturday, after being postponed twice in the past few months, an official said.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to be held on May 29 at the Exhibition Ground. In a stellar performance in the recently concluded polls in Odisha, the BJD has won 112 of 146 Assembly seats.
Voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases: April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Counting will be done on May 23. In Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha, assembly polls to 175, 32 and 28 seats, respectively, will be held simultaneously in the first phase.
New Delhi: The BJP central election committee yesterday approved the lists of candidates for remaining seats of Lok Sabha elections and Odisha assembly polls. Following is the list of candidates for LS polls: Maharashtra Nandurbar
New Delhi: The Congress Central Election Committee today released its list of 118 out of 147 candidates for the Odisha assembly elections. State Congress chief Jayadev Jena will be contesting from Anandapur SC constituency.Following is
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