Meanwhile, angry over the change of candidate by the Congress leadership, supporters of the dropped candidate ransacked the party’s district office in the town, police said. Sujit Mohapatra alleged that he was dropped by the party after he filed nomination papers for the assembly elections.
Long queues of voters, mostly women, were seen outside polling booths in the morning hours to avoid the scorching sun and heatwave conditions prevailing in the state capital, neighbouring Cuttack and Berhampur.
The BJP has improved its Lok Sabha performance in Odisha by winning five seats and remaining ahead in two out of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Bhubaneswar: Untouched by the Narendra Modi wave and anti-incumbency factor, the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) bagged 117 of the 147 Assembly seats in Odisha while its rivals - Congress and BJP manage 16
Bhubaneswar, April 5: The state's main opposition Congress party has registered an impressive win in the elections held for three urban local bodies in Odisha, an official said Friday.The elections to the three notified area
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