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Chhattisgarh’s Industry Minister Kawasi Lakhma has joined the bandwagon of campaigning for the forthcoming Odisha Panchayat polls slated to begin on February 16.The senior leader from the neighbouring state is campaigning for Odisha Congress which has been pushed to the third position in the State politics (in 2019 general elections).He has been campaigning and taking…Continue Reading

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As the Panchayat polls inch closer in the State, candidates, including those affiliated to different political parties or contesting independently, are leaving no stones unturned to woo voters.In one of its kind of incident, as many as eight Sarpanch candidates from Kutra Panchayat in Sundargarh district had to appear in a written examination in order…Continue Reading

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The countdown for the first phase of voting of Odisha Panchayat elections has begun. On the coming Wednesday, a massive 67 lakh rural voters across the State will vote for 202 Zilla Parishad constituencies (or zones).Even as voting will take place in 202 Zilla Parishads across the State, the maximum of 16 constituencies in Ganjam…Continue Reading

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With the Panchayat Poll just round the corner, political heavyweights these days can be seen going around the villages, garnering support for their respective party candidates. 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. He,…Continue Reading

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Voters of Zone –A in Sundargarh’s Bisra Zilla Parishad are set for a tough time ahead in the Panchayat polls as they have to choose between nine candidates in fray for the seat.Apart from three major parties, BJD, BJP, and Congress, there are contenders from JMM, CPI(M) and independents. The major face in the seat…Continue Reading

Odisha Panchayat Polls: Candidates In Ganjam Leave No Stone Unturned To Woo Migrant Voters

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Migrants from Ganjam district working in Surat remembered at the time of every election in Odisha. This impending Panchayat Poll is no different. Three years after the general election, the villages in Ganjam district have once again gone into election frenzy. Amidst these activities, another common scene of hundreds of Ganjam residents living in Surat returning to…Continue Reading

Panchayat Polls: Responsibility Of Other States Makes 3 Senior BJP Leaders Go Virtual In Odisha

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Senior BJP leaders of the likes of Dharmendra Pradhan, Baijayant Panda and Sambit Patra who have been vested with the responsibility of other states in the country by the party are finding it difficult to physically campaign for the upcoming Panchayat polls in their home state.As per reports, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been…Continue Reading

Odisha Panchayat Polls: Candidates, Political Parties Firing On All Cylinders To Ensure Victory  

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With the final list of candidates being published, symbols allotted and a clear picture of the Panchayat Polls emerged, the candidates, who had been a bit sluggish hitherto, seem to have got charged up. They seem to be leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. In Pindiki Panchayat under Mohana Assembly constituency in Gajapati district,…Continue Reading

Odisha Panchayat Polls: Persons With Disabilities Trying Luck In Politics

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Parameshwar Mallick has been the centre of discussion ever since he filed nomination for the post of Ward member from Ward No-4 of Mangalpur Panchayat under Tihidi block in Bhadrak district.Mallick is not a rich person, nor does he have political experience. Yet, he has been the cynosure of all eyes because despite his physical…Continue Reading

Odisha Panchayat Polls: Independents Play Spoilsport In Kotia Equation

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As the disputed Kotia Gram Panchayat is all set to go to polls on February 18, nomination of two independent candidates have threatened to disrupt the consensus candidate-equation prepared by the three major parties to thwart any possible ploy by Andhra Pradesh to meddle in the Panchayat polls in the region.The independent candidates – Tikai…Continue Reading