Bhubaneswar, October 31: BJD president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced his visit to Komna in Nuapada Assembly constituency on November 3 to campaign for his party.
“I will visit Komna on November 3 and meet and interact with the brother and sisters of Komana,” said Patnaik in a video message. The video also features Patnaik's signature line "Aapana mane khusita?."
Meanwhile, BJD Youth and Students' wings staged demonstrations in Nuapada, accusing the District Collector and SP of acting as "star campaigners of the BJP” thereby putting a question mark on conduct of a free and fair election.
BJD has fielded former Minister and prominent woman leader Snehangini Chhuria as the party’s candidate for the Nuapada Assembly bypoll while ruling BJP has fielded Jay Dholakia, son of the late sitting BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia.
Snehangini had lost the 2024 elections from Attabira Assembly constituency. Ghasiram Majhi is contesting on Congress ticket.
In the 2024 Assembly election, Rajendra had polled 61,822 votes and won the Nuapada seat with a margin of 10,881 over Ghasiram, who had contested as an independent candidate then. BJP’s Abhinandan Panda, with 44,814 votes, had finished third.
