Odisha BJP Leaders Say Sambit Patra Had No Hand in On-Ground Cyclone Relief Work
Patra had told the Raipur police he couldn t appear for questioning in the alleged Congress toolkit case as was occupied in these efforts.
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra. Photo: Twitter/Sambit Patra
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Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra, who had cited his preoccupation with Cyclone Yaas-related relief work to express his inability to appear before the Raipur police in the alleged Congress âtoolkitâ case, was not involved in any such efforts on the ground in Odisha, the state worst-hit by the cyclone.
Odisha Congress bypoll candidate dies of Covid Mangaraj, 53, was being treated at a hospital after he tested positive for the infection during the campaign
Ajit Mangaraj, the Congress candidate for the Pipili Assembly bypoll in Odisha, passed away on Wednesday.
Mangaraj, 53, was being treated at a hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19 during the campaign.
Odisha governor Ganeshi Lal, chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and senior Congress leaders condoled his death.
Pradhan, who hails from the state, visited the hospital and expressed his condolence over the death of Mangaraj.
Senior Congress leader Pradeep Majhi said Mangaraj’s blood oxygen level dropped to below 30 per cent and he could not recover from it.
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The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is going all out to retain the Pipili Assembly seat in Odisha and checkmate the BJP’s plans of making inroads into the state’s coastal belt by registering its first victory from the constituency.
Pipili, around 20km from Bhubaneswar, is considered the stronghold of the BJD and a seat that has never been won by the BJP.
The seat fell vacant following the death of BJD stalwart and seven-time MLA Pradeep Maharathy.
The BJD has fielded his son Rudra Pratap Maharathy as its candidate in the by-election scheduled for April 17. The Assembly segment is a part of the Puri Lok Sabha constituency.
BHUBANESWAR: BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda held roadshow and rallies in various panchayats, seeking votes for party candidate Ashrit Pattanayak on the last Sunday before Pipili goes to polls on April 17, even as the BJD made last-minute preparations ahead of party president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s virtual rally on Monday.
Large LED screens have been installed at Pata Sahanipur, Danda Mukundapur, Kumareswar, Rench, Bada Ankula and Singh Berhampur so that people can listen to the chief minister’s address as he campaigns for BJD candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy in the bypoll which was necessitated following the death of his father Pradeep Maharathy.