BJP on Thursday exuded confidence of getting an edge over the ruling BJD and opposition Congress after today`s brisk polling in parts of southern and western Odisha.
Braving intense heat and defying extremist threats, about 67 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly in Odisha, officials said.
About 67 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assembly in Odisha, officials said.
The Odisha Police have taken a carrot and stick approach to prevent Maoists from creating violence during the first phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls on Thursday.
Odisha is holding Assembly polls along with General Elections, and political pundits are predicting the Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal will get a comfortable win for a fourth term in office.
With over 50 of the 70 Assembly seats going to polls Wednesday in Maoist-hit areas of Odisha, the Election Commission has stepped up security measures with 156 companies of central paramilitary forces and around 27,000 policemen besides three helicopters.
The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held tomorrow to elect representatives from 10 Parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.
The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held on Thursday to elect representatives from 10 Parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.
The ruling BJD nominee from Puri Parliamentary constituency Pinaki Mishra is the richest among the 98 candidates for the 11 Lok Sabha seats going to polls on April 17 in the state`s second phase polls, according to a report released by Odisha Election Watch.
Election Commission has made it clear that the use of `Padma` title in the elections by candidates was unfair.
Maoists set ablaze road construction machinery, including two tractors and an excavator, in Odisha`s Bargarh district to oppose the building of a road, police said Tuesday.
Dilip Tirkey, a former member of the Indian hockey team who is contesting from Sundergarh Lok Sabha constituency on a Biju Janata Dal ticket, has been barred from using the Padma Shri award as a title in his campaign, an official said Tuesday.
As many as 147 of the total 673 candidates in Odisha, who will try their luck in the first phase of assembly polls April 10, have criminal background.
Odisha has 103 crorepati candidates for the 70 Assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase on April 10.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday cautioned people against political parties making `tall pre-election promises` and asked voters not to get misled and carried away.
Promising CBI probe into mining, chitfund and other scams in Odisha, Congress today said it would review all MoUs signed by BJD government in the state in last 10 years, provide pucca houses to landless and allowance to unemployed youths if voted to power.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally tomorrow and on April 10 in Odisha, party sources said on Friday.
Odisha police on Tuesday directed its force to remain neutral and honest while on duty during the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.