A BJP delegation, led by its General Secretary Lekhshree Samantasinghar, in a petition to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, has alleged that the BJD used government officials to campaign for the ruling party’s candidate in the Dhamnagar Assembly bypoll.
The BJD, in its petition to the CEO, claimed that BJP leaders were threatening its workers as they feared defeat in the elections.
The party urged the CEO to increase surveillance in the assembly constituency and ensure free and fair elections.
The saffron party claimed that it has submitted videos and photographs of government officials, including a woman government official, campaigning for the BJD at two places in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency.
“Many officials are campaigning for the BJD candidate even though they are drawing salary from the exchequer,” Samantasinghar alleged.
He also said that two government officials were identified carrying BJD shawls on their shoulders during the election campaign. We demand strict action against the guilty officials. With barely a day left for campaigning for the November 3 bypoll to Odisha’s Dhamnagar assembly constituency, both the ruling BJD and the BJP intensified their efforts to woo voters.
The Dhamnagar assembly constituency is witnessing high-voltage campaigning by leaders of BJD, Congress, BJP and independent candidates.
Several ministers and MLAs of Odisha were engaged in campaigning for BJD candidate Abanti Das, while rebel party leader and independent candidate Rajendra Das was seen campaigning from door to door.
Two Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bisheshwar Tudu campaigned for BJP candidate Suryavanshi Suraj for the second consecutive day on Saturday.
OPCC president Sharat Patnaik and other senior Congress leaders can also be seen campaigning for party candidate Baba Harekrishna Sethi.
“People will bless the Congress, which had set up over a dozen hospitals in Dhamnagar during the rule of the BJD government,” Patnaik said.
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