Verdict sealed as voting concludes across India
Over 60 million people voted in the final phase of India's general elections across 57 constituencies, with an overall turnout of 61%. | Latest News India
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Over 60 million people voted in the final phase of India's general elections across 57 constituencies, with an overall turnout of 61%. | Latest News India
KENDRAPADA/BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday hinted at "betrayal" by former colleague and BJP Kendrapada Lok Sabha candidate Baijay.
Kendrapara in Coastal Odisha has been a stronghold of socialist and anti-Congress ideologies since the 1950s. It has been the epicenter of the socialist movement in the state, which opposed the Congress after the first Lok Sabha elections in 1952. The party won 20 of the 21 LS seats, including Kendrapara, in 1980 and 1984. In the late 70s and early 80s, Kendrapara became the constituency of Biju Patnaik, the father of current chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
Smriti Irani reached in Odisha on Saturday for the fourth leg of electioneering to bolster the electoral prospects of BJP candidates.
Senior BJD leader and CM's close aide VK Pandian says the party will retain Odisha with a record margin, as he questions friend-turned-rival BJP's track record in the state