Constituency Watch: Prestige battle for BJD, BJP in Odisha’s Berhampur
While the BJP has fielded its candidates on all the 21 parliamentary seats in the state, the BJD has so far released the names of 20 nominees for the Lok Sabha elections.
While the BJP has fielded its candidates on all the 21 parliamentary seats in the state, the BJD has so far released the names of 20 nominees for the Lok Sabha elections.
On the other hand, the BJP has already declared candidates for the all 21 LS seats while 112 nominees have been announced by the party for the 147 seats.
The assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the coastal state will be held simultaneously in four phases on May 13, 20, 25, and June 1.
Former Congress MLA K Suryo Rao quit the party to join the BJD on Saturday as former Biju Janata Dal MLA from Bhubaneswar (North) Priyadarshi Mishra resigned from the party to join the BJP.
Along with Mahtab, former BJD MP and artist Sidhant Mohapatra and Padma Shri awardee Dr Damyanti Beshra joined the BJP at the party’s headquarters here.
Odisha government made a detailed presentation of the devastation caused by extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani that hit the coastal districts on 3 May to Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Monday.
The coastal district, which has sent political heavyweights like legendary Biju Patnaik and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray to don the mantle of lawmakers, is widely regarded for being home to poll-crazy and politically-conscious voters
The BJD supremo was well aware of it and planned his strategy almost a year in advance – he worked on the women empowerment plank with over 70 lakh women enrolled under the Mission Shakti programme.
PM Narendra Modi added the coal block case to the list of corruption cases against Naveen Patnaik and Pradhan in almost every election speech.
Addressing an election rally in the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency, Shah said while Rs 5.56 lakh crore was given by the Union government in the last five years for the development of Odisha, it did not reach the people because of the corruption of the state government.
